Social Issues

Magazine articles on social issues such as crime, the environment, abortion, wealth distribution, drugs, etc.

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IDB America October 2005 Roger Hamilton	Can Parks Get the Protection They Need? In Guatemala's northern department of Peten, a government agency and a conservation group join forces to tackle a daunting task in the Laguna del Tigre National Park.
IDB America October 2005 Daniel Drosdoff	Revenues `Sent by God' Gas royalties generated by the Camisea natural gas project benefit Peru's local governments, but also expose rivalries and management problems.
IDB America October 2005 Daniel Drosdoff	Safer, Cheaper and More Convenient Peruvians discover the benefits of having natural gas piped into their homes.
IDB America October 2005 Daniel Drosdoff	Industrial Good Neighbors How an Argentine company won support for its Peruvian investments through proactive social and environmental policies.
Wall Street & Technology October 26, 2005	Consumer Data At Risk Despite warnings and increased scrutiny by financial services firms, 16% of consumers have had their financial information stolen, 13% have experienced monetary loss because of the theft of their financial data and 12% have had their Social Security numbers stolen, according to a recent survey.
Bio-IT World October 2005 Kevin Davies	Monkey Business The impact of the chimpanzee genome is not confined to science. It offers an urgent reminder of the endangered status of many primate species.
Smithsonian November 2005 Tom Piazza	35 Who Made a Difference: Wynton Marsalis In Katrina's aftermath, the trumpeter has rallied support for his native New Orleans.
Smithsonian November 2005	35 Who Made a Difference: Bill Gates The king of software takes on his biggest challenge yet: his foundation is reshaping the landscape of deadly and debilitating diseases in the developing world.
Smithsonian November 2005 Elizabeth Royte	35 Who Made a Difference: Mark Plotkin This ethnobotanist takes up the cause of rain forest conservation.
Smithsonian November 2005 Douglas Chadwick	35 Who Made a Difference: Daphne Sheldrick Since 1955, she has extended her kindness toward the wild animals of Africa, particularly orphans, the most helpless of all.
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