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Rare Stamps Auctioned for $1.6 million for Projects in Africa by PIMCO’s Bill Gross
posted: June 18, 2008 NEW YORK, June 19 —Proceeds from the sale of a rare collection of Scandinavian stamps were donated in order to expand development projects in Africa that will reach more than a half million people. Bill Gross, one of the world’s most successful money managers, who has also made a name for…
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India Honors Earth Institute Economist Nirupam Bajpai for Development Work
India has conferred the high Padma Shri award on senior Earth Institute economist Nirupam Bajpai for his service to the nation in literature and education. The president of India, the Honorable Pratibha Devisingh Patil, will give the award to Bajpai in March, in New Delhi. Padma Shri is given to Indian and foreign nationals to…
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Mapping Poverty for Better Development Planning
This remarkable map of Latin America portrays infant mortality rates, a widely used proxy measure of poverty. It demonstrates clearly that although Latin America has generally low infant mortality rates, overall poverty is very unevenly distributed throughout the region. Moreover, the relationship between this pattern of human well-being and broader geographic constraints is also clear.…
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Gates Foundation Awards $15 Million to Support Science-Based Effort to End Poverty in Africa
Grant helps fund bold strategy developed by The Earth Institute, Columbia University
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Where the Poor Are
New ‘Poverty Atlas’ reveals critical insights into relationship between geography and poverty
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Working with Rural Communities in India: Q & A with Nirupam Bajpai
Q & A with Nirupam Bajpai
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Movement to End Poverty Goes Urban in Africa
Sustainable development demands that two disparate systems — urban and rural — equally meet the needs of their inhabitants without overburdening natural resources. The sustainability of agriculturally based villages, for example, depends on the health and well being of cities for access to large markets and services. Put simply, the sustainable development of one requires…
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Scaling Up Services in Rural India
Earth Institute adviser delivers recommendations to India’s Prime Minister
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Jeffrey D. Sachs Honored by the Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
More than 650 guests gathered in Chicago at the Seventh Annual Sargent Shriver Awards Dinner on December 1, 2005 to honor Jeffrey D. Sachs, director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, for his leadership in the fight against extreme poverty. The Shriver National Center on Poverty Law also honored documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock for…
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