Blogs from the NYU Wagner Community

Tag: Global

    • 05/13/2013
      Big Pharma and Global Health
      The increasing importance of the pharmaceutical industry in global health and development Posted by Debbie Koh Take a moment to think about the last time you bought some medication. Maybe you went to your local Duane Reade/CVS/RiteAid to pick up an over-the-counter drug.
      – Wagner Health Policy and Management Program Blog
      • 05/17/2013
        Mapping the global Twitter heartbeat: The geography of Twitter
        A new paper by Kalev Leetaru, Shaowen Wang, Guofeng Cao, Anand Padmanabhan, Eric Shook in First Monday: “In just under seven years, Twitter has grown to count nearly 3% of the entire global population among its active users who have sent more than 170 billion 140-character messages.
        – The Governance Lab @ NYU
            • 12/05/2012
              Africa: The next global economic story – By Omoruyi Austin Aigbe
              An excerpt from WSAFA President Omoruyi Austin Aigbe’s blog: http://omoruyiaigbe.blogspot.com/2012/12/africa-next-global-economic-story.html Many scholars in Africa have always noted that the Africa’s colonial legacy has contributed to the socioeconomic, security and political challenges, the tension and hostility among the many ethnic groups, especially in sub-Saharan Africa.
              – IPSA @ Wagner
            • 11/20/2012
              Global Kitchen
              By Pete Freeman Fellow Wagnerd, Ryan Brown (Class of ’12), and I have started an organization called Global Kitchen along with current Steinhardt Food Studies student, Leah Selim. Global Kitchen (GlobalKitchenNY.
              – IPSA @ Wagner