Do we need more worldwide development goals? Some surprisingly upbeat stats
When it comes to setting grand worldwide goals for development, it’s easy to imagine global leaders in suits, wheeling and dealing in the ba...
An open model for international aid: Sanjay Pradhan at TEDGlobal 2012
From Bihar to the World Bank Sanjay Pradhan grew up in Bihar, India’s poorest state. He came home one day, at 6 years old, to find a c...
The modern war with terrorism: Jason McCue at TEDGlobal 2012
Jason McCue takes the stage wearing a T-shirt reading “Free Yulia in Ukraine.” It’s a reference to the 2011 imprisonment o...
Sailing towards cheap, bountiful windpower: Hassine Labaied at TEDGlobal 2012
Hassine Labaied is here to talk wind. Specifically, wind power. “Wind is clean, free, perpetually renewable and widely distributed acr...
Protect what we cherish from the coming climate changes: Vicki Arroyo at TEDGlobal2012
Vicki Arroyo knows a thing or two about climate change. A lawyer by training, she is the executive director of the Georgetown Climate Center...
Listening to China’s workers: Leslie T. Chang at TEDGlobal2012
Think about the things you use every day — and about the people who make them. Leslie Chang is a journalist who has spent years in Chi...
How small countries make a big impact: Alex Salmond at TEDGlobal 2012
Alex Salmond is interested in the role of small countries in the world. And, “As the leader of a small country that’s had a big ...
Globalization and Globaloney: Pankaj Ghemawat at TEDGlobal 2012
Pankaj Ghemawat is the author of Global 3.0: Global Prosperity and How to Achieve It, and he takes the stage to ask an important question: J...
Crowdsourcing the New Millennium Development Goals: Jamie Drummond at TEDGlobal2012
Photo: Ryan Lash Remember Y2K? Jamie Drummond starts by taking us back to the most anticipated year in human history: 2000. “Remember ...