Archive for the ‘Fair Trade’ Category

Nobel Peace Prize Celebrates Micro-Finance

Friday, October 13th, 2006

Bangladesh's Muhammad Yunus - who invented micro-credits - and the Grameen Bank won this year's Nobel Peace Prize. The Prize celebrates an unconventional but pragmatic approach that has had a huge impact on the life of over 500 million people, by providing the means for the poorest to improve their ...

The Private Path to Prosperity - IFC and Financial Times Competition

Saturday, April 1st, 2006

The International Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group and the Financial Times (FT) have just launched a research paper competition on private sector-funded development . The theme is “Business and Development: The Private Path to Prosperity” . C. K. Prahalad is among of the distinguished panelist, which augures well ...