An Arab Spring for Entrepreneurs?
In Tunisia, the Souk At-tanmia project provides funding and technical support to budding entrepreneurs.
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Startup Rising: The Entrepreneurial Revolution Remaking the Middle East
Looking beyond the region's prominent conflicts, Startup Rising instead examines a quieter development in the Middle East: a surprising, burgeoning entrepreneurship.
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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?
Environmentally Friendly Housing for the Masses
Existing base-of-the-pyramid construction models must change.
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New Models to End Extreme Poverty
Jake Harriman, founder and CEO of Nuru International, traces his personal path towards sustainable solutions to poverty.
Microfinance and Ethics: Three Pivotal Questions
An exploration of questions central to the microfinance debate.
Taking Lessons from Africa’s Youth
Those who want a prosperous future for the continent need to engage—and listen to—its young leaders.
Product Paternalism
Women’s empowerment means voter choice, partner choice, healthcare choice, reproductive choice, career choice, and consumer choice.