Forced to drop out of school at age 14 because his family could no longer afford tuition, William Kamkwamba of Malawi set out to study energy and build windmills on his own. “Energy poverty” limits development, economies and jobs in the world’s poorest nations, explains Sarah Childress for the Wall...
MASITALA, Malawi – On a continent woefully short of electricity, 20-year-old William Kamkwamba has a dream: to power up his country one windmill at a time.
So far, he has built three windmills in his yard...
Athletes and Chinese guards bearing the Olympic torch cut a swath through those supporting and protesting a rising China. In this series, YaleGlobal examines the impact of China’s ascendancy. China’s economic growth has given it new resources which, when doled out internationally, have the power to...
Move over: China plans to construct a modern Chinatown not far from the sacred Pha That Luang temple in Vientiane, Laos
CHIANG MAI: The Chinese are coming. If the plan holds, the small and sleepy capital of Laos,...
Developing alternatives to fossil fuels – solar, wind or other energy technologies yet undiscovered – is the most pressing task confronting the globe, presenting a new frontier of opportunity. Tom Friedman, best-selling author and columnist with the New York Times, decries a planet being destroyed...
Nayan Chanda: I am Nayan Chanda, editor of YaleGlobal Online. As it turns out, I’m in São Paulo, Brazil. Tom Friedman, the author of “Hot, Flat, and Crowded,” is actually in our studio at Yale. So, I’m going to ask Tom...
The Covid-19 pandemic exposed society’s dependence on globalization and the challenges. Trade went from predictable to uncertain as nations blocked and confiscated protective medical gear and other needed supplies. Leaders worry about similar disruptions for food or other necessary products. “But...
Wal-Mart executives eventually realized that requiring employees to smile at customers or participate in the “morning Wal-Mart chant” at its German stores did not mesh well with either the staid employees or customers. Differences in corporate and national culture, combined with competition from...
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A Chinese fishing trawler crashed into Japanese patrol vessel near islands with disputed ownership. China went into overdrive, suspending high-level diplomatic contact and blocking the export of rare-earth minerals required for high-tech products, including military equipment. The ad hoc...
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India opened to the world in 1991 with its New Economic Policy that embraced economic liberalization and privatization. The policies lifted India’s GDP, but also widened the gap between rich and poor, explains Dilip Hiro, author of 36 books including “The Age of Aspiration: Power, Wealth, and...
From the edge of disaster: Prime Minister Narasimha Rao, left, and Finance Minister Manmohan Singh revived India's economy with market reforms in 1991, top; later, software exports by companies like Infosys and its Bangaluru campus shown here...
