Greg Tallent  Increase Fair Trade Practice   The World Resources Institute has published a report [i] on the 4 billion people who live on or below the poverty line - at the bottom of the pyramid (BOP). They dwell not so much on the poverty, but on the fact that the BOP population segments are, for the most part, not integrated into [...]http://feeds.feedbur.. height="1" width="1" /> 11 hrs ago
	Greg Tallent  More Chemical Fertiliser Needed, More Environmental Pollution Caused   Farmers depend on fertiliser it to increase the yield of their crops. A pound of chemical fertilizer contains more of the major nutrients than 100 pounds of manure. Jeffrey Sachs, the Columbia University economist who has focused on eradicating poverty, “Putting fertilizer on the ground on a one-acre plot can, in typical cases, raise [...]http://feeds.feedbur.. height="1" width="1" /> 13 days ago
	Greg Tallent  Why Do Developing Countries Find It so Hard to Reduce Poverty?   Some countries find it difficult to reduce their poverty. Their economy needs to grow to be able to do this. Sustained high growth does produce a dramatic reduction in poverty, but, according to Michael Spence, what is needed is a "growth rate of 7% or above, continued for a period of 25 years or [...] 14 days ago
	Greg  BOP: The Bottom of the Pyramid aka Poverty The World Resources Institute has published a persuasive report on the 4 billion people who live on or below the poverty line. The starting point for this argument is not the BOP’s poverty. Instead, it is the fact that BOP population segments for the most part are not integrated into the global market economy and do [...] 123 days ago