Rolando Y. Wee

Written by Rolando Y. Wee

With few resources proffered by their government, these quilters in Guinea-Bissau turned to foreign NGO microloans to help finance their business.

Economics

Lowest Public Credit Registry Coverage Rates In The World

As China has liberalizes its markets to some degree, the state-owned banks have loaned considerable funds to entrepreneurs.

Economics

Highest Public Credit Registry Coverage Rates In The World

Despite modern advances in many steps of the production process, shoemaking can be tedious, and requires a high level of skill, technique, and coordination.

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Top Shoe Manufacturing Countries

Windmills, such as this one in Stompetoren, have used wind power to pump and drain water from large parts of the Netherlands for centuries.

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Countries With The Most Land Reclaimed From Seas & Wetlands

The Monte d'Accoddi altar, on the Italian island of Sardinia, was constructed around 6,000 years ago.

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Oldest Places Of Worship Still Standing

Children with autism often find it difficult to interact and communicate with others.

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Autism Rates Around the World

The campus of Pasadena City College, one of the colleges within California's massive community college system. Editorial credit: Ken Wolter / Shutterstock.com.

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The Largest Universities in the World by Enrollment

A local market in Nigeria. Nigerians spend on average more than 50% of their income on food.

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Countries That Spend the Most on Food

This van in Sydney pays homage to the love many Australians have for cannabis, and its airbrushing calls for lawmakers there to legalize marijuana use.

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Marijuana Use By Region Of The World

Marijuana resin, or "hashish", is a more potent, concentrated form of cannabis than leaf marijuana.

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Countries Producing The Most Marijuana Resin

As in much of the developing world, these power lines in Jamshepur, India often become a tangled mess, and thus all the more difficult to repair.

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Countries Most Prone To Power Outage Financial Losses

Paved roads, electricity access points, and other modern amenities remain few and far between throughout much of Africa.

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Countries With The Lowest Access To Electricity

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