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		<title>Where the Global Economic Recovery Will Begin</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 02:18:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shadrack Laanoi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The contracted global economy is literary palpable with unemployment numbers going through the roof. The World Bank recently projected that the global economy will shrink in 2009, with growth in the developing markets dropping from 4.4% to 2.1%. They also project that recovery will commence in 2010 albeit at a slowed pace. What&#8217;s more interesting [...]


<br>--<br><strong>See Also:</strong><ul><li><a href='http://fortysouth.com/2009/03/huge-budget-shortfalls-for-developing-countries-in-2009/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Huge Budget Shortfalls For Developing Countries in 2009'>Huge Budget Shortfalls For Developing Countries in 2009</a></li>
<li><a href='http://fortysouth.com/2009/01/steve-forbes-on-the-current-economic-crisis-and-barack-obama/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Steve Forbes on the current Economic Crisis and Barack Obama'>Steve Forbes on the current Economic Crisis and Barack Obama</a></li>
<li><a href='http://fortysouth.com/2008/12/africa-wired-trends-in-broadband-and-mobile-telephony/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Africa Wired: Trends in Broadband and Mobile Telephony'>Africa Wired: Trends in Broadband and Mobile Telephony</a></li>
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		<title>Huge Budget Shortfalls For Developing Countries in 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shadrack Laanoi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this coming fiscal year, developing countries around the globe could potentially face a huge gap in financing which would in turn deal a blow to infrastructure development and poverty alleviation initiatives.


<br>--<br><strong>See Also:</strong><ul><li><a href='http://fortysouth.com/2009/04/where-the-global-economic-recovery-will-begin/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Where the Global Economic Recovery Will Begin'>Where the Global Economic Recovery Will Begin</a></li>
<li><a href='http://fortysouth.com/2009/02/gsma-and-gates-foundation-partner-to-expand-mobile-banking-in-developing-countries/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: GSMA and Gates Foundation Partner to Expand Mobile Banking in Developing Countries'>GSMA and Gates Foundation Partner to Expand Mobile Banking in Developing Countries</a></li>
<li><a href='http://fortysouth.com/2009/03/dambisa-moyo-halt-developmental-aid-to-africa/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Dambisa Moyo: Halt Developmental Aid to Africa'>Dambisa Moyo: Halt Developmental Aid to Africa</a></li>
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		<title>Blog Round-Up: 3 Great Reads</title>
		<link>http://fortysouth.com/2009/01/blog-round-up-3-great-reads/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shadrack Laanoi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dimagi, a Massachusetts-based company, hopes to revolutionize health-care in developing countries using mobile phone applications. A South African airline, Airtime Airlines, introduces pay-as-you-go flights; pay for your flight using cell phone airtime! More financial scandals! The CEO of Satyam, a large technology company in India, admits to pulling off an Enron. Also, read all about [...]


<br>--<br><strong>See Also:</strong><ul><li><a href='http://fortysouth.com/2008/12/3-great-blog-reads-for-today/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: 3 Great Blog Reads for Today'>3 Great Blog Reads for Today</a></li>
<li><a href='http://fortysouth.com/2009/02/3-great-reads-for-today/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: 3 Great Reads for Today'>3 Great Reads for Today</a></li>
<li><a href='http://fortysouth.com/2009/01/the-case-for-technology-localization/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The Case for Technology Localization'>The Case for Technology Localization</a></li>
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		<title>Uh, China, how do you do it?</title>
		<link>http://fortysouth.com/2008/12/uh-china-how-do-you-do-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shadrack Laanoi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adam, a colleague, and I were talking today about how rising wages, operation overhead and razor-thin profit margins for US corporations in the last decade or so has resulted, if not partially, to the idea of off-shoring/outsourcing. That, and (the threat of competition) with the waltzing-in of globalization. One of the biggest beneficiaries? China, of [...]


<br>--<br><strong>See Also:</strong><ul><li><a href='http://fortysouth.com/2008/12/africa-wired-trends-in-broadband-and-mobile-telephony/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Africa Wired: Trends in Broadband and Mobile Telephony'>Africa Wired: Trends in Broadband and Mobile Telephony</a></li>
<li><a href='http://fortysouth.com/2009/07/kenyas-explosive-voice-and-data-growth/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Kenya&#8217;s Explosive Voice and Data Growth'>Kenya&#8217;s Explosive Voice and Data Growth</a></li>
<li><a href='http://fortysouth.com/2008/12/internet-penetration-in-kenya/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Internet Penetration in Kenya'>Internet Penetration in Kenya</a></li>
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