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In Part 1, I introduced you to GS1. A United Nations sanctioned not for profit organization with an intent to tag every thing with RFID technology. In this article I will expand on GS1, as well as introduce you to pilot projects, organizations, and people working to implement this agenda. This article will give readers a introduction to the cashless society, as well as the groups and people behind it...... ....a brief review of some history is necessary. Many reading this will be familiar with the Earth Charter. This document more than any other helped lay the foundation of the...

Danone meets Muhammad Yunus Danone, one of the largest dairy food and water producers in the world, is forming a joint venture with Muhammad Yunus' Grameen Bank to form what Yunus calls a "social business enterprise." By truly marrying the interests of corporations with economic development, the model calls for corporations to "draw on microcredit-funded businesses to incorporate nonprofit models into their bottom-line operations, seeking not just revenue but social returns, and returning the profits to the communities where they operate." Essentially, it is about creating a world where a companies performance is not only measured in terms of...

Deceptive Muslims across the world try to give an Islamic colour to this year's Nobel Peace Prize won by a secular Muslim of Bangladesh for a thoroughly un-Islamic act.

Rome, 2 Dec. (AKI) - What started out as a credit scheme to help 42 people with 27 dollars in a small village in Bangladesh in 1976, is today a bank helping 5.5 million borrowers nationwide disbursing up to 75 million dollars every month. The Grameen Bank was established by Professor Muhammad Yunus to help the rural poor in Bangladesh by providing credit to the poorest of the poor without any collateral. In an interview with Adnkronos International (AKI), Dipal Chandra Barua, deputy managing director, explained how this microcredit system has succeeded in countries around the globe. "Bangladesh is a...

The saber-rattling and chest-beating has all but drowned out decent consideration of the security obligations to make peace by helping the poor and hopeless help themselves. The Bush administration's commitment to increasing development assistance came back into focus this week when Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill addressed the Microcredit Summit +5 in New York on Wednesday night. His topic was the plan to require more accountability by poor nations that will receive funds in the expanded U.S. commitment to development aid. The new requirements will link assistance to "the rule of law, enforceable contracts and an everyday attack on corruption,'' O'Neill...