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Virtue or Else

By Jessica Ruvinsky

Under the EPA’s Audit Policy, violators who voluntarily report themselves can get certain penalties reduced or waived if they commit to ongoing self-regulation.

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Crowdsourcing Microfinance

By Kathy O. Brozek

The Grameen Foundation’s Bankers Without Borders initiative applies skills-based volunteering to poverty alleviation.

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One Acre at a Time

By Corey Binns

One Acre Fund feeds the world’s poor by helping them feed themselves.

Mothers of Invention

By Suzie Boss 1

Maternova is getting hundreds of life saving innovations to the front lines in developing countries using a new online platform.

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Local Empowerment Through Rapid Results

By Nadim Matta & Peter Morgan

Why local ownership and commitment are the exception in most development efforts—and what development professionals can do about this problem.

COO of Bats'il Maya Alberto Irezabal on the social environment in Chiapas and his nonprofit
Nonprofits

Bringing Fair Trade to Indigenous Farmers

Featuring Alberto Irezabal

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.