Read more developing countries stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/11983/developing-countries.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:37:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72106/now-driving-innovation-in-india-the-poor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIndian engineers once did little but cater to Western companies, while consumers at home made do with hand-me-down products from the developed world. That is changing in a big way as foreign economies crater and the 1.1 billion consumers of the subcontinent reveal a taste for, well, consuming. And...http://www.newser.com/story/72106/now-driving-innovation-in-india-the-poor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 13:04:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72099/west-eases-off-carbon-demands-for-china-india.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIndustrialized nations backed away from long-term carbon cut demands on developing nations yesterday, in the hopes of reaching a deal at December's Copenhagen summit. The US and EU have pushed for a 50% reduction in global carbon emissions by 2050, but China and India refused to sign up, wary of...http://www.newser.com/story/72099/west-eases-off-carbon-demands-for-china-india.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 10:51:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69936/global-rates-of-alzheimers-disease-soar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRising life expectancy in the developing world will lead to a dramatic increase in the number of people stricken by Alzheimer’s disease, HealthDay News reports. The number of dementia cases worldwide will reach 35.6 million in 2010, a 10% increase over the total in 2005. That number is expected...http://www.newser.com/story/69936/global-rates-of-alzheimers-disease-soar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 21 Sep 2009 14:40:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64444/turlington-models-a-more-charitable-path.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChristy Turlington still considers modeling her work—“It’s the only thing that pays me; everything else is school or volunteerism,” the Columbia masters candidate, often described as one of the world’s most beautiful people, tells Vogue . “My face is a dime a dozen in many parts of the world.” Specifically,...http://www.newser.com/story/64444/turlington-models-a-more-charitable-path.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Jul 2009 13:05:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63412/economic-mismatches-mean-food-crisis-is-here-to-stay.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe various sectors of the global economy have become so entwined with food production that prices are acting in a very “puzzling” manner, the Economist reports. Last year, the market responded rationally to the global food crisis of 2007-08, increasing production and thus lowering prices. But with another bumper crop...http://www.newser.com/story/63412/economic-mismatches-mean-food-crisis-is-here-to-stay.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 05 Jul 2009 12:12:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63367/us-doctors-look-to-africa-for-lower-cost-treatments.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen an AIDS clinic at the University of Alabama wanted to boost the number of patients who returned for treatment, they didn't look to programs in the rich West for ideas. They went to Zambia, where strategies for treating patients with HIV have succeeded despite widespread poverty. With US health...http://www.newser.com/story/63367/us-doctors-look-to-africa-for-lower-cost-treatments.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 02 Jul 2009 6:33:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54759/how-the-us-became-a-banana-republic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAs chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, MIT professor Simon Johnson saw a pattern in bankrupted countries from Argentina to Indonesia: "The powerful elites within them overreached in good times and took too many risks." The current US crisis, Johnson writes in the Atlantic , is "shockingly reminiscent" of an...http://www.newser.com/story/54759/how-the-us-became-a-banana-republic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 30 Mar 2009 14:51:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52780/bombed-out-us-economy-blasts-globe-into-recession.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe world economy is plunging into its first global recession since World War II, and sending 46 million people in developing countries back into poverty, warns a World Bank report. The global lender is urging leading nations to pledge a portion of their stimulus packages to stem the mounting crisis...http://www.newser.com/story/52780/bombed-out-us-economy-blasts-globe-into-recession.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Mar 2009 4:05:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50813/glaxo-to-cut-drug-prices-in-developing-world.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGlaxoSmithKline’s new boss has proposed a radical rethinking of big pharma in developing countries: He plans to cut prices, offer portions of profits to hospitals, and loosen his firm’s grip on patents that keep prices up, the Guardian reports. “I think it's absolutely the kind of thing large global companies...http://www.newser.com/story/50813/glaxo-to-cut-drug-prices-in-developing-world.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 14 Feb 2009 11:25:01 CST