People power holding companies accountable

Two big power shifts are occurring around the world today. First, corporate power is growing relative to that of governments. Second, ordinary people are also gaining greater influence. What does it mean that these seemingly contradictory shifts are happening simultaneously?

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Is Mai Mujuru still OK?

Joice Mujuru is the only legitimate successor to President Robert Mugabe at the moment but she has been making so many goofs this year, as the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front heads for its elective congress, that this raises questions about her suitability to lead the nation.

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Poverty is not a disease

Right now, a long and complicated process is underway to replace the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which expire in 2015, with new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These will set the parameters for international development for the next 15 years and every government, UN agency, large corporation and NGO, not to mention billions of citizens on the planet have a stake.

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