Issues
World Bank performance
#WorldVsBank: Small Farmers, Global South Demand End to World Bank's 'Moral Bankruptcy'
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Open file 8501
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Organizations
Billionaire Family Offices
The clients we currently advise on the buy-side have an average portfolio of $1.1B, over $5.1B in aggregate AUM
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Open file 8502
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Working Paper
Connections on LinkedIn
Connections on LinkedIn as of October 14, 2014 ... a working paper used to help organize the list
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Open file 8503
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Organization
IMF
2014 Annual Meetings - Transcript of the African Finance Ministers Press Conference
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Open file 8504
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Issues
Corruption and System Dysfunction
Detroit’s Bankruptcy: A Laboratory to Study Corruption in Municipal Finance
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Open file 8505
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Initiatives
Project Syndicate
The contributors to Project Syndicate ... October 2014
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Open file 8506
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Events
Net Impact
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is ... Net Impact NYC Professional Chapter
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Open file 8507
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People
Mayor de Blasio
Bill de Blasio Is a Progressive Leader on Education and Poverty ... So far Bill de Blasio has done exceptionally well at leading by example.
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Open file 8508
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Issues
Antibiotics
Study: Hospitals Give Patients Antibiotics for No Reason at All
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Open file 8509
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Initiative
Business Fights Poverty
The world's largest community of professionals harnessing business for social impact
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Open file 8510
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Initiatives
SangoNet
Youth Service, Protests, Women, Corruption…
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Open file 8511
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People
Connections
Peter Burgess connections thru Chris Macrae
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Open file 8512
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Ideas
Internet of Things
How Advanced Connectivity Will Revolutionize Measurement & Optimization
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Open file 8513
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Ideas
William Lazonick
Profits Without Prosperity ... an article in the HBR
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Open file 8514
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Ideas
John Duong ... Impact Investing
John Duong, Programme and Portfolio Officer, W. K. Kellogg Foundation discusses his role and his session on managing a unique department focused on delivering impact investing or mission driven initiatives as part of the Oxford Impact Investing...
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Open file 8515
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Events
MIT Entrepreneurs Forum NYC
THE FUTURE OF RETAIL (OCT 14): LEAD PARTICIPANTS
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Open file 8516
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Economic Information
Credit Suisse Research Institute
Video ... Global Wealth Rises at Fastest Rate Ever Recorded
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Open file 8517
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Events
Fashion 4 Development First Ladies Luncheon
Fashion 4 Development First Ladies Luncheon ... The annual First Ladies Luncheon, organized by Fashion 4 Development, is back. Focusing - as usual - on charity
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Open file 8518
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Ideas
Kate Raworth
Must the Anthropocene be a Manthropocene? ...
A working group exploring a potential new geological era has only one female scientist. This gender bias within the scientific community needs consigning to the past
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Open file 8519
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Ideas
Otto Scharmer
U-procedure and Theory U
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Open file 8520
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Initiatives
Education for Sustainable Development
Education for attitude change, critical, transformative pedagogy and making a difference ... Eco-economy or green economy for sustainable livelihoods and resilient societies: An economy as if people and nature mattered
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Open file 8521
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Initiatives
Education for sustainable development (ESD)
Education for sustainable development (ESD) – do we really need it? ... Several issues threaten the sustainability of our planet
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Open file 8522
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Energy
Oil prices ... supply and demand
The Saudis Aren’t in Control of the Oil Market Any Longer ... The brave new world where excess oil supply meets static demand.
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Open file 8523
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Energy
Solar
Why Financing And Industry Are To Blame For Solar Energy’s Slow Market Performance
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Open file 8524
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Energy
Solar
WHY DON’T WE HAVE ABUNDANT SOLAR POWER? BLAME FINANCING, AND INDUSTRY, NOT SCIENCE
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Open file 8525
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Event
HUGE, Brooklyn
UX Design: The Science of Collaboration October 29, 2014 in Brooklyn
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Open file 8526
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Sector
Health
Our environment as a health provider ... Professor Jules Pretty explores the links between our health and the environment.
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Open file 8527
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Ideas
Natural Capital
Natural capital accounting and climate change ... Matthew Agarwala outlines the contribution natural capital accounting can make in meeting the challenge of Climate Change.
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Open file 8528
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Initiative
The Natural Capital Declaration
The Natural Capital Declaration ... the complete text
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Open file 8529
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Initiatives / Events
Natural Capital Initiative
The Natural Capital Initiative are proud to host our second ‘Valuing our Life Support Systems’ natural capital summit on 6th & 7th November 2014, held at the British Library.
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Open file 8530
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Events
MIT Climate CoLab
The conference in Novermber 2014 features keynote speakers and panelists who are leading experts on issues related to climate change and to new information technologies.
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Open file 8531
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Accountability
Performance of USAID
Whistleblowers say USAID’s IG removed critical details from public reports
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Open file 8532
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Initiative
Laurence Kemball-Cook
Can you imagine a world where every step you took produced renewable energy? Pavegen’s CEO already has. Laurence Kemball-Cook invented a kinetic-powered, energy-generating flooring tile that’s already been used in Heathrow Airport and Brazilian football pitches. So what’s next?
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Open file 8533
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Initiative
Vilnis Vesma
Vilnis Vesma has a website Vesma.com that organizes a lot of information about energy use and energy waste
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Open file 8534
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Water
Pollution from 'fracking'
Scientists can now see fracker’s “fingerprints” all over polluted water
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Open file 8535
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Ideas
Peter Ellyard
Designing 2050: Imagining and Building a Global Sustainable SocietyBlog No.12. Destination 2050: the 21st century needs Utopian Realism
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Open file 8536
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Events
sI=mc2 in London
sI=mc² ... AngelNews ... Wednesday, 5 November 2014 from 10:00 to 17:00 (GMT) ... London, United Kingdom
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Open file 8537
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Ideas
Peter Ellyard
Blog No 19. Creating A Liveable Society in the 21st Century
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Open file 8538
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Country
Scotland
Scotland leads on zero waste economy ... Scotland shows independent-mindedness when it comes to the circular economy
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Open file 8539
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Sport
Soccer
Chelsea and Beyond: How the Rich Will Destroy Soccer ... The excess of capital pouring into professional soccer will inevitably bring about its demise.
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Open file 8540
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Country
Bolivia
Bolivia: Where Socialism Appears to Work ... Bolivia’s remarkable example of advancing economic and social inclusion.
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Open file 8541
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Country
Germany
Pity Poor Germany? Leadership Comes with Responsibility ... How can an economy, which represents only 4.9% of global GDP, be so central to the global economic outlook?
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Open file 8542
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Initiatives
Story of Stuff Project
Story of Stuff Project ... Coca-Cola has been ordered to shut down operations in Mehdiganj, India for using too much water and violating pollution laws, but the corporation wants to keep business running as usual.
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Open file 8543
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Country
Kenya
Disruption is Simmering in Kenya ... Something disruptive has been simmering for some time now in Kenya’s rapidly evolving digital finance market. M-PESA the lauded and the most successful mobile money offering in the world has started to feel it too. At the core of the disruption is the “Thin-SIM”, a decade old technological innovation from China.
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Open file 8544
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Food
Mussels
Mussels May Be the World's Most Sustainable Meat, So Be Smart and Buy Fresh Ones ... Mussels are one of the cheapest and tastiest forms of animal protein available.
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Open file 8545
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Food
GMOs
Big Ag Spending Millions to Defeat GMO Labeling Campaigns ... Industry giants spend more than $25 million to defeat mandatory labeling ballot initiatives in Oregon and Colorado.
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Open file 8546
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Companies
Amazon.com
Paul Krugman Divulges Exactly Why Amazon Is So Evil and Dangerous ... Case in point: Delivery times for Paul Ryan's book and book criticizing Koch brothers.
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Open file 8547
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Land
Real Estate
7 Cities That Are Playgrounds for the Rich and Terrors for the Poor ... Where housing booms for ultra rich meet rising homelessness.
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Open file 8548
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Country
Australia
The Forgotten Coup - How the US and Britain Crushed the Government of Their 'Ally' Australia
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Open file 8549
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Countries
Greece
Greek Mainstream Media: Economic Interests Come Before the Law
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Open file 8550
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