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At Sri Lanka’s largest agricultural market a large projection screen overlooks 12 acres of stalls brimming with produce. Traders at the Dambulla market consult the screen to receive up-to-the-minute pricing information on produce being sold in the market.

Read more of the article entitled 'Market Prices on the Small Screen: Transforming Farmers’ Markets in Sri Lanka'

Cananda's IDRC in partnership with CIGI has helped build a pioneering research network on poverty and inequality in China

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Financial instability triggered by the subprime-mortgage problem due to the decline in housing prices in the Unites State has drastically increased since the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers last September.

Read more of the article entitled 'Is the “cash payout plan” the most effective solution for stimulating the economy? '

Originating with the US subprime loan situation, it’s not just the worldwide financial crisis that is causing problems — there is a growing and strong impact on the real economy.

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Up until last September, we thought the U.S. financial and economic crisis was just “fire on the other side of the Pacific.” Now we know otherwise: this America originated crisis is striking Japanese corporations directly.

Read more of the article entitled 'Dispatched Workers in the Manufacturing Sector – The responsibility of temporary worker dispatching agencies and worker protection – '