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Gates Gives $200 Million to Aid Poor Nations

Lawrence K. Altman January 27, 2003
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is creating a new program to combat health problems in developing nations, including tuberculosis, malnutrition, and diarrhea. In an effort to divert funds from “rich-world” diseases and to invest in solutions to the problems that affect two-thirds of the world, the Gates Foundation is offering $200 million in competitive grants to scientists and health...

Will the Doha Round Implode in 2003?

Ernesto Zedillo January 24, 2003
The current round of trade liberalization negotiations suffered major setbacks in 2002. Developed and developing member countries of the World Trade Organization fought over intellectual property rights, agricultural subsidies, and rampant protectionism masquerading as special and differential treatment, among other issues. Here, the director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization and...

Education for All: The Unfulfilled Promise

Koichiro Matsuura January 22, 2003
If one of globalization's key features is an information-technology revolution, then certainly universal education deserves attention. Without ensuring everyone has access to the 'currency' of knowledge, many believe that globalization will only serve to further already-existing inequalities. In this article, the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and...

$3 Million U.S. Computer Theft, Hatched It Seems in Pakistan

David Rhode January 20, 2003
Through a complicated system of sham online auctions and falsely registered mailboxes, a 25-year old Pakistani man reportedly stole more than $3 million in computer equipment from U.S. companies. He was able to do all this in his own home through the internet, taking full advantage of the integrated world economy. – YaleGlobal

A Discussion On Ethical Globalization

January 15, 2003
Is globalization unethical? That seems to be the view of many critics of globalization. Former President of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson is taking an initiative to address that concern. The Ethical Globalization Initiative that she directs seeks to integrate human rights norms and standards into a more ethical globalization process and to...

Will Travel, Wreak Havoc: How Invasive Species Affect Ecological Diversity

Michael Richardson January 14, 2003
Flora and fauna have long moved around the globe along with wandering human beings. As the native Indians in North America learned after the arrival of diseases from the Old World, not all these exchanges have been beneficial. In recent years this problem has become even more acute, as increased travel and commerce have enabled invasive organisms to spread with alarming speed. In the United...

New Survey Documents Global Repression

January 14, 2003
Is it only in periods of relative stability and peace that human rights should be an issue to the international community? The latest report from Human Rights Watch, a US-based international monitoring group, finds that the United States has undermined basic principles of human rights while pursuing the global war on terrorism. The organization's executive director says in this press...