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Global Envision | The Confluence of Global Markets and Poverty Alleviation   Advanced Search > About Us • Contact Us • For Teachers • For Students • Contributor Login • Suggest a Link Counting Brazil's Uncounted How can you help the world's neediest people when you don't even know they exist? Read More >  Photo: adman_as (flickr) Global Envision is an initiative of Mercy Corps Global Envision explores the confluence of markets and poverty alleviation through news, commentary and discussion. Join the Conversation >  Photo: Geoff Oliver Bugbee for Mercy Corps Latest Posts Subscribe  How Gaza Copes Posted on December 4, 2008 by Bree Freeman  Life in Gaza Under Blockade Photo: Rafah, Gaza (flickr) Fuel shortages, power cuts, aid shipments blocked by Israel — the UN now describes conditions faced by Gaza's 1.5 million people as "the worst ever." A recent BBC report tells how four Gazans are coping.Musba Al-Shantri, a bakery owner, says the inconsistent electricity, water problems, gas shortages, and lack of available ingredients forced him to layoff five of his 12 employees and almost forced him to close. Musba admits to depending on material that comes from the smugglers' tunnels under Gaza's border with Egypt. Fady Al-Burbar, who runs a shop selling meat and fish with his father, says, "A lot of our meat and fish has been spoiled because of the power cuts. Within two weeks I will have to close if the electricity problem continues like this — from now I will not bring more goods for my shop because I am not willing to buy things that will just perish." Bakar Abu Al-Kas, a taxi driver in the Shujaiyeh neighborhood of Gaza City, also relies on the smugglers' tunnels for needed fuel. Afraid of running out of fuel from border closures, he is storing as much as he can afford before his access runs out."The closure of the borders affects economic life here," Bakar explained. "Daily life becomes really tough. The borders are the soul for the Gaza Strip."Bookmark/Search this post with:  Delicious Digg StumbleUpon Reddit Facebook Google Yahoo 1 comment Global Quiz Score 00 of 10 There are plenty of examples of how cell phone technology benefits national economies. A 2007 study suggested that a country's economy grows ______ percent for every 10 percent increase in the number of cell phone users. 12.3% 4.6% 1.2% 0.8% GlobalEnvision.org › Running Out of Land Posted on December 3, 2008 by Manasi Sharma  Rice paddy in Indonesia where Saudi Arabia is considering investing in rice production Photo: Carol Schaffer (flickr)Why are the prime ministers of Qatar and Kuwait looking at buying paddy land to grow rice in Cambodia? For the same reasons the UAE president visited Kazakhstan and Saudi authorities are travelling to Indonesia: they are running out of land to grow food. Asian nations such as China, South Korea and Japan are also scouting for land overseas to address their own food shortages. What are the consequences for countries selling farmland to other nations?Sue Banford of Grain, an international organization that supports farmers in their struggle against the privatization of biodiversity, believes countries seeking to outsource their domestic food production will cause farmers to lose their rights to land — and their rural livelihoods. Many local communities, she argues in a Guardian News editorial, will be "evicted to make way for the foreign takeover." Locals will lose control of land and won't be able to compete with foreign governments for property rights in their own country. (What family could win a bidding war with the Saudi government?)Buying land in a foreign country may be a quick fix to one's own food shortages, but it is likely to increase food insecurity and landlessness over the long haul.Bookmark/Search this post with: Delicious Digg StumbleUpon Reddit Facebook Google Yahoo Add new comment Rural China Could Gain from Financial Crisis Posted on December 2, 2008 by Natalie McGarry  China's stimulus package would fund paving roads like this one, making them passable year round and decreasing transportation costs. Photo: Thatcher Cook for Mercy CorpsChina's $586 billion stimulus plan includes a whopping $14-plus billion for rural projects, according to The China Daily. And it couldn't have come at a better time.Weakened demand for Chinese exports as a result of the global economic slowdown has led to widespread unemployment among urban factory workers and forced thousands of Chinese businesses to file for bankruptcy. In the province of Guangdong alone, over 9,000 factories are expected to close, leaving 2.7 million without work "Things have to be improved for these people who could be forced to return home to their villages," says The China Daily.In China, a huge gap exists between rural and urban wealth. City-dwellers are three times richer than their rural counterparts. And the disparity exists in the education system as well: Shanghai schools receive ten times more funding than rural schools. Furthermore, The Guardian reports: [L]ife expectancy in Guizhou is a decade shorter than in Beijing; child mortality in Qinghai is seven times as high as in the capital; and illiteracy in Gansu five times more common.A huge influx of unemployed moving back in to rural areas could exacerbate existing economic inequality. But according to Liu Junsheng, a senior researcher with the Chinese government, "Increasing expenditure on rural development programs can create jobs directly for surplus laborers in the countryside. They don't even need to move to other cities because they can earn a living at home."Past spending on infrastructure has made a positive economic impact by reducing transportation time and cost, the The Wall Street Journal reports from Qijiang. The results are evident in this hilly corner of China's southwest, where a new expressway has cut travel times to the big city of Chongqing to 45 minutes from more than two hours. That's inspired local businesses to expand and outsiders to look for weekend retreats. Many villages are now resurfacing dirt roads to improve connections and ease travel further. Rather than selling their crop of Sichuan peppercorns from baskets on their backs, local farmers are loading them by the sackful onto trucks. Average annual incomes here reached about 4,100 yuan ($600) in 2007, up from 3,030 yuan ($450) three years ago.If the stimulus plan can replicate these economic gains elsewhere, this short-term measure could make a long-term dent in China's rural poverty.Bookmark/Search this post with: Delicious Digg StumbleUpon Reddit Facebook Google Yahoo Add new comment Opium: Friend or Foe? Posted on December 1, 2008 by Manasi Sharma  Photo: (C) Mercy CorpsThe latest UN Report says illegal opium production has dropped 19 percent in Afghanistan over the last year. This is good news since the UN Office on Drugs and Crime says growing poppies to make heroin and other illegal drugs has been financing the Taliban and other insurgent groups. Nearly all of Afghan poppies are grown in provinces where the Taliban are strongest.Yet a drop in poppy production is bad news for Afghan farmers using the cash crop as a means to survive. Although the Afghan government has tried to persuade farmers not to plant poppies, growing legal crops such as wheat is simply not as lucrative. The UN’s World Food Program estimates that the average Afghan family will spend 85 percent of their income on food compared with 50 percent last year due to rising costs.What's more, further reduction of the poppy crop may not reap the benefits Western authorities have in mind. Cutting opium production to cut off terrorist financing could in fact backfire. The UN report says that the Taliban and other insurgent groups are “holding secret stocks of opium in an effort to drive up world prices” and may profit from increased prices caused by a decrease in supply. And increased prices for poppies could affect the costs for legal drugs such as codeine and morphine.Would legalizing the crop help Afghan farmers — and take away the terrorists' black-market advantage?Bookmark/Search this post with: Delicious Digg StumbleUpon Reddit Facebook Google Yahoo World AIDS Day: Hope and Fear for the Future Posted on December 1, 2008 by Leah Hazard  Photo: Sully Pixel (flickr)It's World AIDS Day and the world has a lot to celebrate. A German scientist made a significant breakthrough and possibly cured a person infected with HIV. And in November, the United States elected a President many believe will be more progressive in the fight against HIV/AIDS than the Bush administration.However, given the current global financial crisis, many are fearful as well. The anti-poverty agency, Action Aid, warns that many of the gains made against the disease may soon be lost if donors abandon commitments given the current economic outlook. A global recession is bad news for international charities and development funds, but it also means that developing countries may have to cut their own budgets for social and health programs due to falling exports. Today, take a minute to support Mercy Corps' work combating AIDS by purchasing the HIV-AIDS Awareness Mercy Kit.Bookmark/Search this post with: Delicious Digg StumbleUpon Reddit Facebook Google Yahoo Add new comment A Small State with a Big Problem Posted on November 30, 2008 by Leah Hazard  Photo: jeroen020 (flickr)News that the U.S. economy is doing worse than we thought is not news to the residents of Rhode Island. In the country's smallest state, families like the Hallams have been feeling the effects of a shrinking GDP for some time now, the BBC finds. After working in the trucking and packing industries for years, the two brothers and their cousin are unemployed as they approach what would should be their retirement years. Their personal story reflects the statistics surrounding the state. Rhode Island and Michigan are tied for the highest unemployment rate in the nation. The 1,044-square-mile state boasts the sixth-worst foreclosure rate in the country. Food pantries have reported a dramatic spike in use, with one pantry reporting serving 970 families this September, up from 261 families one year ago.According to Leonard Lardaro, an economics professor at the University of Rhode Island who tracks Rhode Island's economic health, the situation looks pretty bleak.“I hate to say it but a distinct improvement for Rhode Island right now would be to have our economy be dead in the water. Statistically this is the worst year. Clearly we’re going down faster than other states.”So what's the problem with Rhode Island's economy? While some point a finger at high taxes, others cite the state's emphasis on manufacturing training. Small businesses make up 80 percent of Rhode Island's businesses, and these small businesses are struggling more than their larger counterparts to keep up with the current financial crisis, according to the New York Times. As big industries leave the state, recession-sensitive hospitality and service industries have replaced them.Things might not get better soon. Gov. Donald L. Carcier's spokeswoman told the Times that Rhode Island historically has been one of the last states to come out of national recessions.Bookmark/Search this post with: Delicious Digg StumbleUpon Reddit Facebook Google Yahoo Add new comment Economic Crisis Limiting Gains on Clean Energy Posted on November 25, 2008 by Manasi Sharma  Photo: Craig O’Neal (flickr)Greening the world's economy won't be easy in today's gloomy economic climate. It seems that more and more countries are falling short of funds and motivation to invest in green technology and energy-efficient industries, according to an article in yesterday's New York Times.In China — the largest producer of greenhouse gases — the need to limit greenhouse gases may not be addressed until economic conditions improve. One of France’s largest alternative energy companies has "pulled back on how much energy it will produce by 2009." And British energy company has put three wind farms on hold."European industry is saying they can’t deal with financial crisis and reduce emissions at the same time," according to Yvo de Boer, the executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. "The heads of government have other things on their minds." Not all the news is bad for green industry. President-elect Obama’s economic stimulus package includes incentives for wind farms, solar panels and fuel-efficient cars. And the European Commission still plans to seek a 20 percent reduction in emissions by 2020. Agendas like these acknowledge that lifting ourselves out of the economic doldrums and going green are in fact complimentary rather than incompatible. As de Boer puts it, "If because of the current economic scenario, you choose cheap and dirty, we'll be in big trouble."Bookmark/Search this post with: Delicious Digg StumbleUpon Reddit Facebook Google Yahoo Add new comment Bathtub Vodka Posted on November 25, 2008 by Natalie McGarry  Bathtub vodka. Photo: riot jane (flickr)Has the global financial crisis caused an increase in alcohol poisoning in Russia? As incomes have declined or in some cases, disappeared, many Russians have cut down on vodka — Russia's alcoholic drink of choice. Russia's per capita intake is four gallons a year. Last month, vodka makers cut production by 15 percent to reflect the drop in sales.In response, some Russians have switched to cheap homemade alternatives, or “bathtub vodka” — with deadly consequences. Deaths due to alcohol poisoning rose 6 percent in September, according to Reuters.Reuters also reports that Russians are taking extreme methods to satisfy their alcoholic thirst, drinking "cosmetics, perfumes and cleaning agents."It's liquid foundation on the rocks, ladies. Bottoms up!Bookmark/Search this post with: Delicious Digg StumbleUpon Reddit Facebook Google Yahoo Add new comment Hidden Camera Exposes Corruption Posted on November 25, 2008 by Natalie McGarry Topics: Informal Economy, Humanitarian Aid, Health, Governance Countries: Sierra Leone  It's children like these girls that may never recieve the free medicine from aid groups like Unicef, because of the thriving black market. Photo: Travlr (flickr)BBC investigative reporter Sorious Samura uses a hidden camera to confront pharmacists selling Unicef-provided drugs distributed by Unicef in Sierra Leone. The drugs were intended to be distributed free of charge. When he tries to ask citizena how the pharmacists could sell medicines intended to be distributed for free, they appear confused: “We don’t have any medicine that is free here.”This is one instance of corruption that Samura cites in his accompanying opinion piece raising questions about the value of aiding Africa and how much corruption distorts the good intentions of donors.Bookmark/Search this post with: Delicious Digg StumbleUpon Reddit Facebook Google Yahoo Keywords: UNICEF, Sorious Samura, corruption Add new comment 'Women are simply better drivers' Posted on November 25, 2008 by Natalie McGarry It's hard to find a woman at the wheel of a taxi cab in the West, but a new business is making it a familiar sight in an unlikely place: Iran. The BBC reports on a taxi service "run by women, for women."All of the company's drivers and dispatchers are women. (Unlike neighboring Saudi Arabia, it is not illegal for women to drive in Iran.) Many are widows or divorcees that need the income. In addition, 70 percent of the drivers are purchasing their cabs, paying in installments over five years. Drivers are even "given lessons in basic car maintenance and such essentials as how to change a burst tire."The company's initial fleet of 10 cars has grown to 700. They shuttle about 2,500 people a day. "I feel safer in a woman's taxi, from all points of view," said one customer. "A lot of the men drivers are young and impatient, and they're not disciplined. Women are simply better drivers."Bookmark/Search this post with: Delicious Digg StumbleUpon Reddit Facebook Google Yahoo Add new comment Brother, can you spare a centavo? Posted on November 23, 2008 by Erin Connelly  Photo: Leonardo Dell'Aquila (flickr)In Argentina’s capital city, the need for change is more than a political slogan – it’s an economic reality.For the past few months, the number of coins in circulation in Buenos Aires has dipped so low that everyday activities like paying a bus fare and making purchases at a store have become nearly impossible. Banks, bus companies and other businesses whose transactions involve a lot of coins stand accused of hoarding them and selling them illegally to other small retailers at a profit. Although Argentina’s Central Bank is churning out more coins to meet the demand, the black market is absorbing the change almost immediately. Some store owners are solving the problem by rounding up prices to the nearest dollar – in their favor, of course. Others would rather just turn a potential customer away if he or she can’t pay with exact change. One shop owner says, "Clients always return, but coins are impossible to find.”Bookmark/Search this post with: Delicious Digg StumbleUpon Reddit Facebook Google Yahoo Add new comment Mexico's Dying Occupation Posted on November 21, 2008 by Manasi Sharma  Santo Domingo Plaza in Mexico City is home to scribes losing business to modern gadgetry Photo: Robert Brands (flickr)Can you remember a world before email or mobile phones? Well, the scribes in Mexico City can, because that was the world they were able to make a living in. Scribes in Mexico were approached by plumbers, construction workers and the lovelorn to write receipts, fill out tax forms and even transcribe love letters.Mexico’s literacy rate has improved over the years and is now 91 percent. Even the illiterate have cell phones, so according to the scribes in Mexico City, the era of writing endearments is no more.Bookmark/Search this post with: Delicious Digg StumbleUpon Reddit Facebook Google Yahoo Counting Brazil's Uncounted Posted on November 21, 2008 by Claire Adamsick Topics: Corporations, Economic Development, Health, Technology and the Internet Countries: Brazil  Photo: adman_as (flickr)How can you help the world's neediest people when you don't even know they exist? Take Rio de Janiero's sprawling slum settlements, known as favelas. They contain maybe one-third of the city's population, but no one really knows for certain, and the official counts are probably too low. When you consider similar situations worldwide, there are perhaps more than a billion people whose governments have no official record of their existence, says Melanie Edwards.Her company, Mobile Metrix, hires and trains local teenagers — in Brazil and other developing countries — equips them with handheld computers and sends them door-to-door to get lifestyle information on their neighbors via a 100-question survey.The idea is that aid organizations, governments and corporations essentially make decisions on where to spend money based on unreliable numbers. Enter Mobile Metrix, which says it "connects the uncounted poor with companies and nonprofits that can meet their needs."Part of the reason the model is viable is because Mobile Metrix is able to persuade corporations to support its work. When a dengue epidemic infected nearly 250,000 in Rio de Janeiro earlier this year, for example, Mobile Metrix teamed up with Johnson & Johnson to provide favela residents with anti-mosquito repellent and doorstep tips on malaria prevention.Edwards says each young Mobile Metrix "agent" is paid better than a drug pusher on the streets of Rio and can gain professional skills and a sense of dignity."These are capable, untapped human resources. By believing in them, we dignify them and they dignify themselves," Edwards told Rob Katz of NextBillion.net. "We see our employees step into their power — to transform themselves and their community."Bookmark/Search this post with: Delicious Digg StumbleUpon Reddit Facebook Google Yahoo Keywords: technology, population, Brazil, aid Add new comment Freedom of Movement Posted on November 20, 2008 by Manasi Sharma  Eastern EU migrants are boosting economies in western member states. Photo: TPCOM (flickr)Since the EU has admitted a dozen Eastern European nations over the past four years, many western European members have fretted that heavy migration of East European workers would cost local workers their jobs.But a report by the European Union has concluded otherwise. It says migration from Eastern European nations has “contributed significantly to overall economic growth and employment” in the EU. Migrants traveling from their homeland to more prosperous member states are actually helping labor market shortages — "without displacing local workers or driving down their wages."But future growth in these countries could be constrained by current restrictions on foreign workers.Because EU states anticipated that a large influx of migrants would negatively affect their economy, some "temporarily restrict(ed) the free access of workers to their labor markets.” For example, in the United Kingdom, there's a limit to how many low-skilled workers are admitted to work in the agricultural and food processing sectors. Denmark, Germany, Austria and Belgium require Bulgarian and Romanian nationals to obtain work permits, employment contracts, residence permits and/or special visas to work in any part of their economies.The current economic downturn makes lifting restrictions even more vital for Western Europe. Vladimír Špidla, the EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, recommends lifting all labor restrictions on migrants:"The right to work in another country is a fundamental freedom for people in the EU. Mobile workers move to where there are jobs available and this benefits the economy.... Lifting restrictions now would not only make economic sense but would also help reduce problems such as undeclared work and bogus self-employment."Bookmark/Search this post with: Delicious Digg StumbleUpon Reddit Facebook Google Yahoo Add new comment 123456789…next ›last » On MercyCorps.org Surviving the Economic CrisisMercy Corps has stepped up its programs to help people cope with the economic crisis.Read more > Photo: Joni Kabana for Mercy Corps Breaking News Subscribe Water, Water, but Not a Safe Drop to Drink Times Online - Thu, 12/04/2008 - 16:00 Pump Aid plans to implement its hugely effective sanitation and clean water program in Liberia. 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