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Development

Mobiles fight poverty: Iqbal Quadir on TED.com

While the media team is on holiday, we continue to bring you some of TED’s oldies but goodies. During the two week break, we will post notew...

Aug 12, 2009
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Development

A radical idea unveiled: Charter Cities: Paul Romer on TED.com

How can a struggling country break out of poverty if it’s trapped in a system of bad rules? Economist Paul Romer unveils a bold idea: ...

Aug 5, 2009
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Development

The ideas that will shape India’s future: Nandan Nilekani on TED.com

In this wide-ranging talk, Nandan Nilekani, visionary CEO of outsourcing pioneer Infosys, explains four brands of ideas that will determine ...

May 14, 2009
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Biology

Read all about Willie Smits' 20-year tale of hope

Willie Smits works at the complicated intersection of humankind, the animal world and our green planet. In his early work as a forester in I...

Mar 3, 2009
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Design

On building blocks: exclusive interview with David Merrill on Siftables

David Merrill is a grad student in the Fluid Interfaces Group at MIT’s Media Lab. He and his fellow students in this group work on new...

Feb 23, 2009
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Development

Iqbal Quadir's new Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT

TEDGLOBAL2005 speaker and GrameenPhone founder Iqbal Quadir is launching a new center for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT, thanks to...

Nov 13, 2007
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Development

Fighting slash and burn in Madagascar: African bloggers take action

At TEDGlobal2007, blogger Andriankoto Ratozamanana, of Harinjaka, gave a 3-minute talk on a developing environmental crisis: the “craz...

Aug 27, 2007
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Development

CARE Turns Down Federal Money for Aid and Turns to Investing

TEDsters have already heard this story — from speakers Iqbal Quadir, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Ashraf Ghani, Jacqueline Novogratz, and seve...

Aug 20, 2007
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Design

Low-tech, high-impact design at Amy Smith's IDDS

Not all inventions need to be grandiose, complex things, Amy Smith said at TED2006: sometimes they can be simple and smart ideas that just h...

Aug 17, 2007
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