Understanding why people are poor and innovative ways to alleviate poverty
At a conference last week of leaders in microfinance, attendees focused on the nitty-gritty of the social impact of microlending, and the results of the discussions were both sobering and startling.
The need for holistic approaches to poverty alleviation for young people in Africa.
Nobel Peace prize winner Muhammad Yunus talks about how he founded Grameen Bank to offer economic building tools for some of the poorest people in Bangladesh.
What would it take to implement “next-generation” poverty measures in the United States?
An external agency should review the circumstances surrounding the Unitus decision to terminate its 10-year commitment to microfinance.
Neal Keny-Guyer believes that wars, earthquakes, and other disasters create opportunities for Mercy Corps to help improve society.
We need new ideas and models in digital work that can be scaled to meet global outsourcing demands.
Express Credit Union reopens in Seattle to serve the unbanked, underbanked, and want-to-be-banked.
How people experience government programs directly affects their levels of civic engagement.
LeapFrog Investments aims to insure the poor on a grand scale.
