 This is one in a series of profiles of previous winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize. Founded in 1990, the prize is given annually to six grassroots environmentalists working for change around the globe. This year's prize winners will be announced on April 14. The winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize 2006 for Islands and Island Nations was Anne Kajir, a 32 year old lawyer, and CEO of the Environmental Law Centre in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. She won it for her legal advocacy and defence of indigenous peoples’ rights. Kajir took a case to the Suprem... 
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Papua New Guinea is a mountain-laced jungle located in the Southern Pacific where AIDS infections are growing at a rapid rate and quickly reaching epidemic proportions much like those seen in South Af...
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Published:February 22, 2008Paper Released:February 2008Authors:Peter Tufano, Nick Maynard, and Jan-Emmanuel De NeveExecutive Summary: Prize-linked savings (PLS) products are savings vehicles that may ...
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Living your life without practicing The Power of Focus, is like trying to hit the bull's eye of a target you can't see. You can spend hours launching arrows, only to miss the target entirely. You beco...
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Earlier this week, the shortlist for the Caine Prize for African Writing was announced. The contenders, reports Rebekah Heacock.
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Inducement prize contests are simple: offer up a cash reward to whoever can best solve a problem first. One of the most famous current inducement prize organizers is the X Prize Foundation, which orga...
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When I got word of this opportunity I just had to pass it along to all of you, my friends (hi mom! that about takes care of all my readers).This Friday, July 18th two critically acclaimed shows return...
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Please come to the Prize Islands Civic Center to view the display of drawings and photgraphs by Drumstick Ah that are on display for our pleasureWhen: Oct 5, 2008 12:00:00 AMto Oct 5, 2008 3:00:00 AMW...
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Hi Anne, Maybe you can help me. I answered an add from one of your job postings. The ad was pretty vague, saying only they wanted an expert writer. I got what may have been a canned email in response,...
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Decked out in elaborate costumes, striking facial paint, and wigs of human hair, the men of the Huli tribe in the highlands of Papua New Guinea prepare for a sing-sing, an annual festival of clan prid...
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