The New Digital Divide
New levels of data-filtering, along with the growth of social networks that aggregate like-minded souls, are threatening civic engagement—and other assertions made at the Personal Democracy Forum.
Social Issues - Articles
New Frontiers of Financial Inclusion in Africa
Will mobile telephones become the new super highway to connect the poor to the financial grid?
Fermenting Innovation
New public-private partnerships have led to big leaps in the exportation of Argentinian wine.
Lucrative but Deadly
As parents spend more time raising their profitable coffee crop, they spend less time attending to their children's needs.
Financing Freedom
Microlending in leprosy colonies frees residents from poverty, shame, and isolation.
Containing a Global Health Care Crisis
Used shipping containers become health care clinics in the developing world.
Big Payoffs from Small Savings
SaveTogether wants to foster the savings habit among low-income Americans.
Review
Come on up to the Rising
A PARADISE BUILT IN HELL: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster by Rebecca Solnit
Review
Faith Tempered by Reality
GOD’S ECONOMY: Faith-Based Initiatives and the Caring State by Lew Daly
A Good Business for Poor People
Microfranchising poses fewer risks and offers greater benefits than does creating a new business from scratch.