The East Timor group Cooperativa Cafe Timor has joined with international aid organizations to help farmers produce and market higher quality coffee for specialty coffee shops like the U.S.chain Starbucks.

VOA: standard.2009.08.28

Jeff Chelsky, a World Bank senior economist,says investors are avoiding higher risk debt in a flight to quality.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

And when they produce high-quality food, they can get higher prices.

VOA: special.2009.11.17

Black women,in particular, had higher rates of obesity throughout the 16 years studied, and they paid the biggest price in terms of quality-adjusted years of life lost.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10