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(71 programmes)

  1. Microlending 2

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    Available since Thursday.

    Peter Day examines the pros and cons of "micro lending" in Bangladesh, where it started.

  2. Microfinance 1

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    Available since last Tuesday.

    Peter Day examines a potent financial force in the developing world: microfinance.

  3. Climate of change- Bangladesh's sustainability

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    Available since Tue, 15 Dec 2009.

    Sustainability from the point of view of the developing world.

  4. Entrepreneurs

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    Available since Tue, 8 Dec 2009.

    Peter Day hears from three young entrepreneurs.

  5. Brazil: Ethanol

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    Available since Tue, 1 Dec 2009.

    Ethanol has 90% less emissions than gasoline.Can Brazil persuade the rest of us to use it?

  6. Russell Ackoff

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    Available since Tue, 24 Nov 2009.

    Peter Day marks the recent death of Russell Ackoff.

  7. Daniel Yergin

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    Available since Tue, 17 Nov 2009.

    Peter Day talks to oil expert Daniel Yergin.

  8. Bolivia: The Great Divide

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    Available since Mon, 16 Nov 2009.

    Peter Day returns to Bolivia to report on a country split down the middle in several ways.

  9. Down to Earth

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    Available since Wed, 28 Oct 2009.

    Peter Day talks to environmental guru Lester Brown.

  10. Paul Romer

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    Available since Tue, 27 Oct 2009.

    Peter Day has a chance meeting with an optimistic economist.

  11. B is for Brazil

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    Available since Tue, 20 Oct 2009.

    Peter Day reports from Brazil to see how the country has fared in the global recession.

  12. Oil in the Works

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    Available since Tue, 13 Oct 2009.

    Peter Day reports on President Chavez's plans to combat poverty with oil revenue.

  13. Media Mayhem

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    Available since Tue, 6 Oct 2009.

    The future for new media once digital disruptions and the global recession are over.

  14. Squeaky Clean

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    Available since Tue, 29 Sep 2009.

    In San Diego, Peter Day investigates the company that produces WD40's secret formula.

  15. Bankers on the Brink

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    Available since Tue, 22 Sep 2009.

    Peter Day hears about ways to change the finance sector.

  16. How to Start a Bank

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    Available since Wed, 9 Sep 2009.

    Peter Day finds out from the experts how to start a bank.

  17. Battery Power

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    Available since Sun, 6 Sep 2009.

    This week Peter Day reports from the Bolivian salt flats ..high in the Andes.

  18. Women's Work

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    Available since Sun, 30 Aug 2009.

    Peter Day asks whether female skills can help to guide the world out of the credit crunch.

  19. Project Alcatraz

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    Available since Tue, 25 Aug 2009.

    Peter Day meets Alberto Vollmer of Santa Teresa Rum, Venezuela.

  20. Global Branding

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    Available since Mon, 17 Aug 2009.

    Peter Day finds out how to make money out of commodities in the developing world.

  21. Learning Curve

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    Available since Tue, 4 Aug 2009.

    New communications methods are changing the way firms do their training. Peter Day reports

  22. Hats off to Red Hat

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    Available since Tue, 28 Jul 2009.

    Peter Day finds out how to make money out of open source software

  23. CUTEC

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    Available since Tue, 21 Jul 2009.

    Peter Day visits Cambridge to find out about entrepreneurship at the University

  24. 14/07/2009

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    Available since Tue, 14 Jul 2009.

    Peter Day finds out how make money out of the weather.

  25. 07/07/2009

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    Available since Thu, 9 Jul 2009.

    Peter Day finds talks to four social entrepreneurs about water.

  26. 23/06/2009

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    Available since Thu, 9 Jul 2009.

    A sense of time and place is changing Internet businesses everywhere. Peter Day reports.

  27. Middle-East Social Entrepreneurs

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    Peter Day talks to three social entrepreneurs from the middle East.

  28. 16/06/2009

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    Peter Day talks to three social entrepreneurs from the middle East

  29. Lazy Town

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    Peter Day looks at the hugely successful childrens TV series and it's boss Magnus Scheving

  30. Philip Delves-Broughton

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    Peter Day hears from journalist and author, Philip Delves-Broughton.

  31. Craig Barrett

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    Peter Day hears from Craig Barrett, the very recently retired Chairman of Intel.

  32. 19/05/2009

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    Peter Day talks to the two women at the head of a ground breaking Icelandic company

  33. Diminishing oil

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    An entrepreneur's thoughts on a way of weaning motorists off their reliance on oil.

  34. Car Crash

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    Peter Day finds out why the US automobile business is in deep trouble.

  35. The Edge of Europe

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    Peter Day takes a close look at Iceland's role in the world economic crisis.

  36. The Edge of Europe

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    In part 2 of this series, Peter Day turns his attention to the economic woes of Ireland.

  37. 14/04/2009

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    This week we ask people on the edge of Europe whether joining the EU was worth it.

  38. 07/04/2009

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    Why good leaders make bad decisions.

  39. 31/03/2009

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    An interview with Israeli entrepreneur Dov Moran, inventor of the USB flash drive.

  40. Design Thinking

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    Peter Day hears looks at how design is so much more than it used to be.

  41. 10/03/2009

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    Big issues in business, with Peter Day.

  42. The Cisco kid

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    John Chambers, CEO of Cisco, talks about integrating acquired companies.

  43. 24/02/2009

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    Big issues in business, with Peter Day.

  44. 17/02/2009

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    Big issues in business, with Peter Day.

  45. 10/02/2009

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    Big issues in business, with Peter Day.

  46. 03/02/2009

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    Big issues in business, with Peter Day.

  47. 27/01/2009

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    Big issues in business, with Peter Day.

  48. 20/01/2009

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    Andy Xie, American educated Chinese economist, discusses a big turning point for China.

  49. 13/01/2009

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    Big issues in business, with Peter Day.

  50. 06/01/2009

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    Big issues in business, with Peter Day.

  51. 03/01/2009

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    Big issues in business, with Peter Day.

  52. 23/12/2008

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    Big issues in business, with Peter Day.

  53. 16/12/2008

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    Big issues in business, with Peter Day.

  54. 09/12/2008

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    Big issues in business, with Peter Day.

  55. 02/12/2008

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    Big issues in business, with Peter Day.

  56. 25/11/2008

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    Big issues in business, with Peter Day.

  57. 18/11/2008

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    Big issues in business, with Peter Day.

  58. 11/11/2008

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    Big issues in business, with Peter Day.

  59. 04/11/2008

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    Big issues in business, with Peter Day.

  60. 28/10/2008

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    Big issues in business, with Peter Day.

  61. 21/10/2008

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    Big issues in business, with Peter Day.

  62. 14/10/2008

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    Big issues in business, with Peter Day.

  63. 07/10/2008

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    Big issues in business, with Peter Day.

  64. 30/09/2008

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    Big issues in business, with Peter Day.

  65. Casino Capitalism

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    Can banks can learn anything from gambling?

  66. 16/09/2008

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    What can business learn from cities and what have they still to discover?

  67. 09/09/2008

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    Big issues in business, with Peter Day.

  68. 02/09/2008

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    Big issues in business, with Peter Day.

  69. 26/08/2008

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    Big issues in business, with Peter Day.

  70. 19/08/2008

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    Big issues in business, with Peter Day.

  71. 12/08/2008

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    Big issues in business, with Peter Day.

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