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Asian Building Volume: 100’000 Empire State Buildings
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Bangladesh a success story
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Brick industry and social improvements
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Easterly: planners versus searchers
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Ending Poverty with Water Control and Market Access — Foreword by Paul Polak
We have spent billions of dollars on poverty alleviation projects over the past twenty years without … Read more about Ending Poverty with Water Control and Market Access — Foreword by Paul Polak
Ending Poverty with Water Control and Market Access – Executive Summary
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Energy saving potential like in airline industry
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Executive Summary Market approaches that work for development
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How can small farmers play in the high-value league?
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In Memoriam: Ron Rivera
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Malaria and insecticide treated bednets
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Overcoming Poverty in Tippehalli
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Poverty Alleviation as a Business – The Art of What Works
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Poverty, equity and irrigation
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Sharon Stone’s flop: how good ideas could do harm
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Supermarkets, small farmers and irrigation
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Tanzania’s successful malaria bednets programme
The NATNETS programme in Tanzania Approximately 100,000 deaths are attributed to malaria yearly in … Read more about Tanzania’s successful malaria bednets programme
The art of what works
Why Ray Kroc became a billionaire and Napoleon lost at Waterloo? The art of what works: a plea for … Read more about The art of what works
The most energy efficient brick kiln
Energy efficiency of different kilns The energy consumption varies significantly between different … Read more about The most energy efficient brick kiln
Yunus versus Polak: Income poverty
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