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Services have long been the main source of growth in rich countries. This column argues that services are now the main source of growth in poor countries as well. It presents evidence that services may provide the easiest and fastest route out of poverty for many poor countries.http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/6459

In the wake of the Great Recession, the recovery in U.S. metropolitan areas has been rather slow and uneven, as Brookings’ quarterly MetroMonitor report has shown. But the global economy will grow by almost 5 percent in 2010, according to IMF projections. So where is that growth coming from?http://www.brookings.edu/up-front/posts/2010/12/01-global-monitor-berube

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is bringing with her an all-star team for the second round of U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue, which will take place later this year. Five heads of agencies are joining her, including the Director of National Intelligence, along with 3 officials who are one rung away from the top of their…

With Carnival season ending and Festival season coming up, Adriana Lopez examines how business and culture have come together in New Orleans.http://www.nola.com/nolavie/index.ssf/2012/02/how_entrepreneurship_has_integ.html

TED Talks The future of green is local — and entrepreneurial. At TEDxMidwest, Majora Carter brings us the stories of three people who are saving their own communities while saving the planet. Call it “hometown security.”http://www.ted.com/talks/majora_carter_3_stories_of_local_ecoactivism.html

TED Talks Women aren’t micro–so why do they only get micro-loans? At TEDxWomen reporter Gayle Tzemach Lemmon argues that women running all types of firms– from home businesses to major factories– are the overlooked key to economic development.http://www.ted.com/talks/gayle_tzemach_lemmon_women_entrepreneurs_example_not_exception.html

Impact Investors at Toniic aim to create an ecosystem for investing in social entrepreneurs that mirrors the Silicon Valley way of doing deals.http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/whats_next_a_toniic_for_start-ups

Most people believe that the first step to starting a new company is to have a great idea. Back in business school, there were countless “idea brainstorming” sessions where groups of students would try to come up with the next billion dollar idea. http://www.forbes.com/sites/eliportnoy/2012/03/15/how-to-find-a-great-start-up-idea/

Babson College President Len Schlesinger In the old days of entrepreneurship, you were either succeeding or failing. Your business was the next Apple, or it was a dud. But in the past few years, thanks in part to the lean entrepreneurship movement, something’s shifted in our thinking. http://www.forbes.com/sites/elainepofeldt/2012/03/13/the-small-steps-it-takes-to-build-a-multibillion-dollar-business/

TED Talks Engineer RA Mashelkar shares three stories of ultra-low-cost design from India that use bottom-up rethinking, and some clever engineering, to bring expensive products (cars, prosthetics) into the realm of the possible for everyone.http://www.ted.com/talks/r_a_mashelkar_breakthrough_designs_for_ultra_low_cost_products.html