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	<title>State of the Planet &#187; Economic development</title>
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		<title>Roads: An Essential Element of Development</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:43:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img width="150" height="110" src="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/kenya-groadsv1-final-150x110.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="map of Kenya showing roads" />Roads data are critical to planning and development of rural transportation in developing countries, where better transportation systems can help  improve livelihoods.]]></description>
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		<title>For Better or for Worse: A Decade of Global Environmental Performance Trends Examined</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 21:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Making Connections: Schools Come Together Thanks to Exciting New Partnership</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Blaustein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am in Kumasi, Ghana, for the launch of a great partnership between Ericsson, the mobile phone giant; Zain, the 3-G broadband giant; the City of Kumasi; 18 Kumasi public schools; and the Millennium Cities Initiative. Ericsson and Zain are connecting these 18 schools to the Internet, the Mayor of Kumasi is donating computer labs [<a href="http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/01/15/making-connections-schools-come-together-thanks-to-exciting-new-partnership/">...</a>]]]></description>
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