Archive for July, 2007

Rural Communication divides in Nepal

Rural Communication divides in Nepal

SLC is the most excepted examination for Nepalese to get release from School life. SLC means School Leaving Certificate examination. As a student, learning about results are the most anxious moments in life. When the result is of SLC examinations, the issue becomes more serious. How would anyone feel, if s/he have to wait for […]

July 11, 2007 | By | Reply More
Poor technology and designs kill Bangladesh’s jute carpets

Poor technology and designs kill Bangladesh’s jute carpets

Once famous for its jute carpets, Bangladesh has not only lost the world market to countries like Spain and Turkey but domestic consumers too, thanks to obsolete technology, outdated designs and bad marketing. Bangladesh continues to grow the finest quality of raw jute, but carpet exports during the first half of 2006-07 were a mere […]

July 11, 2007 | By | Reply More
Small Loan empowered Anowara Begum

Small Loan empowered Anowara Begum

‘’I thought many times, whether God created me only for sufferings! When my husband cried out from chest pain, it became unbearable for me like a beloved wife. I used to go from door to door to borrow some money to buy medicines for my husband. But my relatives and neighbors were reluctant to lend […]

July 10, 2007 | By | Reply More
Cellphones may take banking to the rural poor in the third world

Cellphones may take banking to the rural poor in the third world

In many third world countries, where bank branches are few and far between, the development that finally may make financial services practical for the rural poor fits in the palm of a hand. Mobile devices like cellphones have the potential to effectively bring financial markets to the countryside, allowing banks and other lenders in urban […]

July 9, 2007 | By | Reply More
Climate change: a local perspective

Climate change: a local perspective

Bhutan: Farmer Rinchen had endured, without complaints, the weeds competing for nutrition and sunshine in her chili garden for many seasons. But in recent years she has come across new weeds that spread faster. “There are so many foreign weeds in the garden and they spread very fast,” says the 65-year old farmer from Semtokha, […]

July 7, 2007 | By | Reply More