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Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: No Votes Hits: 27 Comments: 0 President Obama on the Equal Futures Partnership App Challenge President Obama on the Equal Futures Partnership App Challenge President Obama issued a challenge before the United Nations General Assembly in September 2011 to break down barriers to women's political and economic empowerment.In response to this challenge, on September 24, 2012, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton launched the Equal Futures Partnership on behalf of the United States along with 12 other founding members (Australia, Benin, Bangladesh, Denmark, Finland, Indonesia, Jordan, the Netherlands, Peru, Senegal, and Tunisia; as well as the European Union). Multilateral stakeholders including UN Women and the World Bank, and leading businesses and non-profit institutions also pledged support for the partnership. The goal of the Equal Futures Partnership is for women to participate fully in public life and to lead and benefit from inclusive economic growth. Part of the partnership call to action was an app challenge to create apps that encourage political empowerment in girls. Learn more at http://www.whitehouse.gov/equalfuturesapp Apr 23, 2013 11:02 AM
Unmoderated Tag: TEDTalks Rating: No Votes Hits: 91 Comments: 0 Ted Talks: Sanjay Pradhan: How Open Data is Changing International Aid Ted Talks: Sanjay Pradhan: How Open Data is Changing International Aid How do we make sure that development and aid money actually goes to the people who most need it? Sanjay Pradhan of the World Bank Institute lays out three guidelines to help relief efforts make the most impact -- while curbing corruption. One key: connecting the players who are working to change broken systems with the data they need. Oct 30, 2012 9:02 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: No Votes Hits: 145 Comments: 0 Real News: Activists Challenge African 'Land Grab' Real News: Activists Challenge African 'Land Grab' The World Bank and Wall Street firms targeted for African land deals displacing hundreds of thousands. From The Real News. Apr 26, 2012 3:04 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: No Votes Hits: 120 Comments: 0 Real News: Can Jim Young Kim Make a Difference at the World Bank? Real News: Can Jim Young Kim Make a Difference at the World Bank? Mark Weisbrot, Patrick Bond and Elaine Zuckerman discuss and debate Obama's "surprising" nomination, now head of the World Bank. From The Real News. Apr 16, 2012 10:05 PM
Unmoderated Tag: News Rating: No Votes Hits: 140 Comments: 0 Ap Top Stories Ap Top Stories Here's the latest news for Friday, Match 23: US soldier charged in Afghan shooting rampage; Obama taps Jim Yong Kim for World Bank; Obama, Republicans condemn Florida shooting; Bank of America starts foreclosure rental program. Mar 23, 2012 2:03 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: No Votes Hits: 211 Comments: 0 President Obama Nominates Jim Yong Kim for World Bank President President Obama Nominates Jim Yong Kim for World Bank President President Obama discusses his nomination of Jim Yong Kim, a physician, anthropologist, co-founder of Partners in Health, and leader of the WHO HIV/AIDS campaign, to be President of the World Bank. March 23, 2012. Mar 23, 2012 11:05 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: No Votes Hits: 139 Comments: 0 Obama Taps Jim Yong Kim for World Bank Obama Taps Jim Yong Kim for World Bank President Barack Obama nominated Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim to head the World Bank Friday. It's a surprise choice for the World Bank's top job. (March 23) Mar 23, 2012 10:03 AM
Headline Tag: Politics Rating: Good Hits: 1571 Comments: 0 Colonialism: The Scramble For Africa Colonialism: The Scramble For Africa An excerpt from the film Uganda Rising showing in a (very!) brief overview the utter decimation of Africa that took place via colonialism and the so-called "Scramble For Africa." Despite the film's focus on Uganda, I think this excerpt sheds light on just how much of the violence that we see today actually has a colonial/European precedent rooted in exploitation and racism. It's also an instructive lead in, I think, to Darfur in 10 Minutes: An Overview of the Conflict in Sudan. Uganda Rising was produced by Alison Lawton. It was directed by Jesse James Miller and Pete McCormack (me). Jesse also edited the film, and I wrote it. For more about the film, visit www.ugandarising.com. User: TheNextDylan Mar 17, 2012 8:20 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Television Rating: No Votes Hits: 231 Comments: 0 Mosaic News: 12/22/10: World News from the Middle East Mosaic News: 12/22/10: World News from the Middle East Link TV is viewer-supported! http://www.linktv.org/contribute Today's Headlines: Violence escalating along Gaza-Israel border; UN warns three million at risk if Sudan referendum sparks violence; World Bank freezes Ivory Coast financing Mosaic is a Peabody Award-winning daily compilation of television news reports from the Middle East, including Egypt, Lebanon, Israel, Syria, the Palestinian Authority, Iraq and Iran. Dec 22, 2010 10:02 PM
Headline Tag: Politics Rating: Good Hits: 1279 Comments: 3 Real News: Israelis Restrict Palestinians' Water Supply Real News: Israelis Restrict Palestinians' Water Supply World bank report: Israelis have access to four times as much water as Palestinians due to restrictions. From The Real News. Aug 24, 2009 7:03 AM
Headline Tag: Politics Rating: Good Hits: 1605 Comments: 4 People & Power: Savers vs Speculators People & Power: Savers vs Speculators Back in early 2008, Max Keiser made this very short documentary about what was going on in the world of banks and what ramifications that had for 'ordinary people.' Remember that much later the same year, mainstream media and the typical politicians either were still ignorant and/or lying (and what else is new?). Max Keiser used to work on Wall Street, but got out and has been educating people for quite a number of years now. His (and Stacy Herbert's) podcasts are especially brilliant. Go to maxkeiser.com for these and lots of other information. User: White_Wolf Jul 3, 2009 1:26 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Big Business Rating: No Votes Hits: 328 Comments: 0 Ted Talks: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: How to Help Africa? Do Business There Ted Talks: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: How to Help Africa? Do Business There http://www.ted.com Negative images of Africa dominate the news: famine and disease, conflict and corruption. But Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the former Finance Minister of Nigeria and now a director of the World Bank, says there's a less-told story unfolding in many African nations: one of reform, economic growth and business opportunity. Cracking down on corruption -- and the perception of corruption -- will be the key to its success. She tells how high-ranking Nigerian officials taking money illicitly have been jailed, and how citizens and prospective business partners are getting at least a partial picture now of where money flows. Jun 13, 2009 11:07 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Television Rating: No Votes Hits: 295 Comments: 0 TPMtalks with Liaquat Ahamed TPMtalks with Liaquat Ahamed TPM's David Kurtz talks with Liaquat Ahamad, author of Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World, a book about the causes of the Great Depression. After working as an economist at the World Bank, he spent twenty-five years as a professional investment manager in London and New York. We talk with him about the financial crisis, and the nightmares therein that keep him up at night. Mar 16, 2009 11:36 AM
Headline Tag: Cinema Rating: Amazing Hits: 1585 Comments: 1 Darwin's Nightmare Darwin's Nightmare Sometime in the 1960's, in the heart of Africa, a new animal was introduced into Lake Victoria as a little scientific experiment. The Nile Perch, a voracious predator, extinguished almost the entire stock of the native fish species. However, the new fish multiplied so fast, that its white fillets are today exported all around the world. Huge hulking ex-Soviet cargo planes come daily to collect the latest catch in exchange for their southbound cargo: Kalashnikovs and ammunition for the uncounted wars in the dark center of the continent. This booming multinational industry of fish and weapons has created an ungodly globalized alliance on the shores of the world's biggest tropical lake: an army of local fishermen, World bank agents, homeless children, African ministers, EU-commissioners, Tanzanian prostitutes and Russian pilots. User: spam_vigilante Jul 10, 2008 11:47 AM
Permanent Tag: Politics Rating: Amazing Hits: 438 Comments: 0 Real News: How World Bank Policies Led to Famine in Haiti Real News: How World Bank Policies Led to Famine in Haiti Raj Patel: International trade rules have ravaged Haiti's domestic food production. From The Real News. Apr 17, 2008 7:09 AM
 
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