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...Principle of Population, Thomas Malthus argued that famines were simply a case of too many people with not enough food. Malthus noted that populations tended to grow faster than food supply - and predicted global catastrophe without drastic population reductions. In 1981, the economist and Nobel prizewinner Amartya Sen outlined an alternative view, arguing that lack of food was just one cause of famine. Inequality was just as important. In famines, it is the poor that die, not the rich. In practice, good development combines those approaches and more. Raise food production. Reduce population growth. (And do both as equitably...
...this week's election was less about whether Hun Sen would win - a CPP victory was always a given - but about how big that win would be, what gains opposition leader Sam Rainsy might make at the ballot box, and what this would mean for the balance of power in Cambodia. And the results suggest suggest that balance has tipped in the CPP's favor more than than ever before. Though he did not vote for the CPP, Dara, a small business owner in Phnom Penh, said the ruling party's win was a result that even he could live...
Taking a break under a tree in Phnom Penh the day after Cambodia's July 27 national elections, the 46-year-old tire repairman said he voted for infrastructure when he cast his ballot in favor of Prime Minister Hun Sen's winning Cambodia People's Party. "In my district, we now have roads, a pond and a reservoir. These are the CPP's achievements," said Bon Tona. Though the opposition promised to combat the country's endemic corruption, promote greater government accountability, respect for human rights and end of land grabbing by the rich and powerful, Bon Tona said...
...Having ruled Cambodia for over two decades, Hun Sen is now set to start another five-year term after landing an estimated 90 of the 123 National Assembly seats up for grabs in this week's election, a sturdy jump on the 73 his party won in the last election in 2003. Buoyed by several years of strong economic growth and - most importantly for this post-war nation, stability - Hun Sen's mix of rural development, political jockeying, and his iron grip on all facets of the country's administration helped him soundly defeat his rivals. Regional geopolitics also helped...
...That fits with a growing concern among some conservatives, including Republican Sen. John Warner, who co-sponsored the Senate's recent legislation to cap carbon emissions. It's also a good sign for Gore. It remains impossible for most people to connect what comes out of our wall sockets to morality, or to believe that the nation needs to embark on a massive restructuring of its energy policy. But national security, or foreign oil dependency or high energy prices are all talking points that just might get a majority of Americans to support going green...