The Weekend Entrepreneur: Translation, Emerging Markets and Paul Farmer

by Nathaniel Whittemore · 2009-05-17 17:00:00 UTC
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Dr. Paul Farmer is said to be considering a post with the US Government

A Web That Speaks Your Language: The New York Times profiles a new initiative by TED to translate it's content into a huge array of global languages. Lots of great commentary from the folks behind Global Voices.

Emerging Markets Emerging Models Conference: Rob Katz from NextBillion is reporting from the Monitor Group's excellent looking Emerging Markets Emerging Models conference in Delhi, India.

Paul Farmer and the US Government?: Partners in Health founder and all around rockstar Paul Farmer is said to be considering a post with the US Governments Office of Foreign Assistance.

Nathaniel Whittemore is the founder of Assetmap. Previously he was the founding director of the Northwestern University Center for Global Engagement.
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