Practical Action
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Multinationals enjoy huge benefits of tax-payer funded research
Dec 8, 2016News Hour: A brand new book lifts the lid on how technology giants such as Apple, Google or Facebook benefit from tax-payers’ investment in innovation. The book is called Rethink, Retool, Reboot and it’s officially launched... -
Pumpkin producers association may help extreme poor to sustain a good life
Sep 29, 2016News Hour: Pumpkin production in a sandy land is one of the solutions that has been helping extreme poor to move out of poverty in Bangladesh. Thousands of extremely poor living in the river embankment of... -
20 million people dying for a drink in Bangladesh
Sep 10, 2016News Hour: Every day, 20 million people are drinking water full of dangerous levels of poisons. The vast majority even don’t know they are doing so. It kills an estimated 43,000 people in Bangladesh every year,... -
Practical Action announced as Bluedot Festival partner
Jul 12, 2016News Hour: International development charity Practical Action has been named as the official charity partner of the inaugural Bluedot Festival. The charity, which uses technology to challenge poverty in developing countries, will join forces with the... -
Practical Action’s aqua-geoponics in Bangladesh
Jun 24, 2016News Hour: Practical Action’s Practical Answers team in Bangladesh is piloting an innovative concept of raising fish in cages and growing vegetables at the same time. This farming technique uses water from aquaculture to grow crops...
