The Future of Fair Trade…Is There One?
If Fair Trade coffee quality doesn’t improve, the Direct Trade movement will quickly become a growing threat.
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Social innovations that improve the living standards of the poor (more)
“Poor Economics” Needs a Theory
To understand poverty, we need a more complex epistemology that allows for the interdependencies which correlation often implies.
Review
New School Economics
More Than Good Intentions: How a New Economics Is Helping to Solve Global Poverty by Dean Karlan & Jacob Appel
The New Bottom Billion
According to a new analysis, most of the world’s poor no longer live in the poorest countries.
Crowdsourcing Microfinance
The Grameen Foundation’s Bankers Without Borders initiative applies skills-based volunteering to poverty alleviation.
The Miracle of Financial Inclusion
The founder of the Kashf Foundation argues that microfinance can improve the lives of Pakistan’s next generation.
Being the Only B
The owner of the only certified B Corporation in Kentucky assesses the pros and cons of the certification.
Podcast
Nonprofits
Bringing Fair Trade to Indigenous Farmers
COO of Bats'il Maya Alberto Irezabal talks about the social environment in Chiapas that led to the founding of the organization, and how the co-op works.
Lessons from Grameen and Microfinance—Are You Building an Institution of Change?
Not every organization should become an institution. But long-term change really is dependent on institutions.