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The world is getting richer overall, but by no means everyone is seeing the benefit. The wealth gap between nations is as wide as it has ever been.
Meanwhile Africa, suffering the combined blows of debt, conflict, corruption and disease, lags as far behind as ever.
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Muhammad Yunus, founded the Grameen Bank, an innovative project which provides "microcredit" to the rural poor of Bangladesh. |
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The man who thinks business can solve poverty Read |
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Rodrigo Baggio heads the Committee for Democracy in Information Technology, a Rio-based non-profit organisation. Read white paper |
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2006 Principal Voice Muhammad Yunus wins the Nobel Peace Prize. Read
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Jeffrey D. Sachs, director of Columbia University's Earth Institute, is one of the world's best-renowned international development experts.
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Principal Voices video: Jeffrey Sachs explains how the world's poorest people can join the global economy.
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