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Bolivian president Evo Morales (left) speaks with representatives of La Via Campesina, an international network of small farmers, at the 2010 UN climate summit in Cancún, Mexico.

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New transnational networks

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by Romina Ranke
Diaspora entrepreneurs do much more than run Afro-shops in Germany.

Africans in Germany

Drivers of change

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by Abdou Rahime Diallo
Making refrigerators for Haier.

Relevant reading

Why the new giants could grow so fast

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by Hans Dembowski
Every year Minor International organises an elephant polo tournament in Thailand to promote and raise funds for its elephant projects.

Minor International

The man who brought pizza to Thailand

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by Chayut Setboonsarng
by Cod Satrusayang
Jamsetji Tata will never be forgotten.

Global leader

The ethical route to bottom-line excellence

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by Aditi Roy Ghatak
Huawai stand at trade fair in Sao Paulo.

Large Chinese companies

The government doesn’t control everything

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by Doris Fischer
Mo Ibrahim proved that mobile telecom businesses are viable in Africa.

Private sector

Rising ambitions

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by Josef Boven
Cemex road tanker on a German Autobahn.

Cemex

Mexican cement's global strength

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by Virginia Mercado
Virginia Mercado
Walter Scheel, the first federal minister for economic cooperation, in Egypt in 1963.

BMZ

Shifting paradigms

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by Michael Bohnet
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