Third World

A new book argues that the growing megacities like Lagos and Dhaka — with their massive suffering and chaos — are breeding grounds for epidemics and worldwide terrorism. And maybe its time for the U.S., and other developed nations, to intervene.

The Global Soap Project aims to tidy those slivers’ trip to the landfill by sending reclaimed soap to poor countries.

Studies of international aid back up the old expression that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

A new effort hopes to connect new mothers suffering from fistula in developing countries with the medical care they need.

World health leaders announce coordinated push to eradicate or control neglected tropical diseases.

Once derided as the wrong path forward in fighting this mosquito-borne killer, a new malaria vaccine offers decent results and renewed hope.

Having seen well-intentioned but unsuccessful attempts to bring alternative energy to the developing world, several NGO founders suggest a more collaborative approach.

The bottom-of-the-pyramid marketing movement tries to profit the developing world and make a profit at the same time.

There appear to be cheaper, more effective ways to improve education in developing nations than the glitzy One Laptop per Child program.