POVERTY
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Forgotten 2005 quake victims in Pakistan still need help.
IRIN
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Philanthrocapitalism. Impact investing. Creative Capitalism. Call it what you will, social entrepreneurship is the new buzz phrase on the economic landscape that is turning water into wine, pig’s ears into silk purses and, yes, it promises to feed the multitudes.
DAWN TAN
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A health crisis is brewing as diseases such as diabetes, stroke and heart disease spread with urbanisation.
IRIN
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A writer transforms her quest for a story into a cause.
WONG MEI LING
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Twenty-eight-year-old Zaw Htat runs a school for 100 pupils in Mae Sot, Thailand. Meet the illegal Burmese migrant teacher.
TSENG HAN-SHENG
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Tsunami victims in Aceh are still living in “temporary” accommodation, waiting to be rehoused.
IRIN
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More than 1 million cases of parents selling their children into slavery or forced marriages in Pakistan, and in one instance, for a bag of flour.
IRIN
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Papa, how do you spell “beautiful”, she asked. You spell it the way it's said, he told her. And that was how they made this film.
LA CHINITA
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In the roaring economy that is China, a generation of HIV-afflicted are being left out in the cold.
LAUREN BURKE
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The who’s who of China’s elite gather at the 100th anniversary celebration of the prestigious Tsinghua University.
JING GAO
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The Philippines seems to be a nation of skewed values.
DOY SANTOS
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Does microcredit really help the poor? And is Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus really the saviour he is made out to be? A Bangladeshi blogger has his doubts.
INCIDENTAL BLOGGER
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These children have a job: They are the toy boys and sex slaves of their older richer patrons.
SUMERA
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Sri Lanka’s slum superhero Dr. Darin Gunesekera shares a few thoughts about solving the seemingly unsolvable.
VIVIENNE KHOO
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Dr. Sanduk Ruit's mission has been, and continues to be, to bring eyesight back to anyone who needs it, regardless of his or her ability to pay.
RUPAK D SHARMA
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