(Appropriate) Big Data for Climate Resilience?
Three huge opportunities and three risks.
Economic Development - Articles
Social innovations that improve the living standards of the poor (more)
Disabled Youth Get Quality Jobs
CPDL demonstrates a scalable public-private partnership model that trains disabled youth and links them to jobs in the organized sector.
By Youth, for Youth
Through the Global Changemakers program, people under the age of 25 are developing solutions to problems that directly affect them.
Sponsoring Hope
A properly designed sponsor-a-child program can have real, long-term impact on the life course of its beneficiaries.
Good (and Not-So-Good) Neighbors
Major local events, with some notable exceptions, spur locally based companies to increase charitable giving.
An Arab Spring for Entrepreneurs?
In Tunisia, the Souk At-tanmia project provides funding and technical support to budding entrepreneurs.
India 2050: A Global Manpower Hub
Is India the answer to the global unemployment crisis?
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Confronting Suburban Poverty in America
Confronting Suburban Poverty in America offers a new look at American poverty as well as recommendations for combating it.
Poverty’s New Home
Poverty is growing in US suburbs, but for service providers, does it matter where the poor live?
Podcast
New Models to End Extreme Poverty
Jake Harriman, founder and CEO of Nuru International, traces his personal path towards sustainable solutions to poverty.