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  • US-China may be in a trade war, but Pakistan is looking at solutions

    July 24, 2018 |

    The Express Tribune |

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    Response Location: Pakistan, Karachi

    Product-based free trade agreements allow countries to exchange specific goods without tariffs and taxes. The approach is growing. Pakistan and Kenya are negotiating an agreement to exchange tea and rice. Iran, Russia, and India have also adopted the model.

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  • Why ambassadors are no longer just for nations

    July 04, 2018 |

    GovInsider |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Denmark

    International diplomacy is transforming in response to an increasingly tech-driven world. Countries such as Denmark, Ireland, and Singapore have appointed thematic ambassadors and stationed representatives in Silicon Valley to meet with private sector giants.

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  • How Canadian Cops Ended a Decade-Long Fight Over How to Manage the World's Polar Bears

    June 05, 2018 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba

    Differing laws, policing, and management across borders has made it difficult to combat the huge industry that is Wildlife Crime, but a new approach in Canada is showing the way for some common ground. By collaborating with local sellers, a micro-chip can be attached to pelts to track their movement and discern whether the pelt is being sold illegally or not -- even across borders.

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  • Citizenship for sale: the countries whose biggest export is passports

    April 25, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

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    Response Location: Saint Kitts and Nevis

    An increasingly popular way to attract foreign direct investment is to let the world’s wealthiest trade cash and property investments for citizenship. The $2 billion-a-year industry allows the ultra-rich to buy passports that permit visa-free travel to nearly the entire world, often with no residency requirements. Highly controversial, the industry is marked by a lack of transparency and concerns about what happens to civic ties when citizenship can be bought and sold.

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  • Meet the Men Who Invest in Women Entrepreneurs

    August 10, 2017 |

    The Story Exchange |

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    Response Location: United States

    Women tend to invest in female-owned and run companies, but men disproportionately invest in male-run companies, which means female companies lose out on a huge market. Some male investors, such as Adam Quinton, see the female-run businesses as a better investment because of the lack of competition and that these firms tend to outperform the male-owned companies, this finding is shifting where people invest.

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  • The Big Green Bang: How renewable energy became unstoppable

    May 18, 2017 |

    Financial Times |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United Kingdom, London, Greater London

    An economic shift to renewable energy could take decades, but thanks to rapidly evolving disruptive technologies, dropping prices of solar and wind power sources, and increasing market demand for green business, the new age of renewable energy could encompass the world economy much more quickly.

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  • M-Pesa: Kenya's mobile money success story turns 10

    February 24, 2017 |

    CNN |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi, Nairobi Area

    Ten years ago, Vodafone's Safaricom launched "M-Pesa" a mobile-phone based payment system designed to ease transfer of money in Kenya among individuals and small businesses. With a maximum transaction of 70,000 Kenyan shillings ($675 USD), M-Pesa markets "to the base of the pyramid:" not only has M-Pesa taken root in more than ten other countries, but it counts 18 million active users in Kenya and, through access to a mobile monetary payment system, has lifted 2% of Kenyan households out of extreme poverty.

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  • Maine looks north, hoping to become a gateway to the Arctic

    December 27, 2016 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Maine

    The state of Maine has been feeling the negative effects of climate change including the rising sea waters. Businesses have decided to make the best of it and do it in an environmentally sound and sustainable way. They have sought out new fisheries, renewable power, and trade distributions through the Arctic.

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  • How Amazon Adapted Its Business Model to India

    July 20, 2016 |

    Harvard Business Review |

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    Response Location: India, New Delhi

    Amazon saw a business opportunity in India: it could engage with the large, young population while also helping small vendors sell their goods on the internet. Amazon Chai Cart built relationships with vendors and educated them about e-commerce opportunities. Then, Amazon Taktal helped business owners set up their online presence. Finally, Amazon worked with small businesses to set up internet access for their communities, allowing the company to overcome India’s logistical hurdles with ease.

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  • The number one thing we can do to protect Earth's oceans

    May 23, 2016 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London, England

    Despite humanity's shared need for healthy oceans and marine biodiversity to support life as we know it, there is no central regulatory body able to protect the massive, critical swaths of ocean beyond any one country's marine borders, where pollution and climate change are proving disastrous to the ecosystem. But as the effects of the changing oceans become more prevalent to those on land, a few determined groups are slowly bringing together various governing bodies to create reserves and pass key legislation to hopefully give our oceans - and our planet - a chance.

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