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Burke wants product samples ready in a year and a product launch in two years. Should he succeed, the result could be revolutionary. Don't think about longer-lasting lightbulbs; think about the price of oil coming down $20 a barrel. It won't be easy, but what breakthrough...
...medical inequality in our world but also the ingenuity and talent to create and apply practical solutions to health problems. As a future physician, I am inspired by the achievements of Farmer and all your other Global Health heroes. People often talk about medical problems in terms of finding breakthrough cures and medications. Your report has given me a greater appreciation of the distinctly different challenge of making medical solutions available to those who otherwise could not obtain them. Edward Chan Evanston, Illinois...
...medical inequality in our world but also the ingenuity and talent to create and apply practical solutions to health problems. As a future physician, I am inspired by the achievements of Farmer and all your other Global Health heroes. People often talk about medical problems in terms of finding breakthrough cures and medications. Your report has given me a greater appreciation of the distinctly different challenge of making medical solutions available to those who otherwise could not obtain them. Edward Chan Evanston, Illinois, U.S. You chose as one of your heroes theologian and physician Peter Okaalet, who works in Africa...
...Even if there is an agreement, it may not be the breakthrough Africa is waiting for, say critics. Europe wants to exclude some products from its tariff cuts, and the U.S. proposal would effectively ease subsidies 2% by renaming existing supports or disguising them as other payments. "It's a case of smoke and mirrors," says C?line Charveriat, head of Oxfam's Make Trade Fair campaign. "If this offer goes ahead, trade-distorting domestic subsidies will remain almost completely unchanged...
...world economy, with China emerging as an industrial colossus and India and Brazil starting to throw their weight around, the stakes in Hong Kong are higher and the pre-meeting positions more intractable than ever. Talks on freeing up agricultural trade are stuck as usual, and without a breakthrough there, little else can happen. Following recent inconclusive talks in London, expectations for Hong Kong are being drastically scaled back. "Unless a miracle happens, I don't see anything emerging in Hong Kong. Nobody I know believes a deal can be struck," frets Jagdish Bhagwati, a specialist in the economics...