Socially Responsible Business
Faith in Fair Trade
How Lutherans are transforming their love of coffee into global good.
Tag: Poverty
Understanding why people are poor and innovative ways to alleviate poverty
Individual Giving
Rolls-Royce Radicals
Responsible Wealth, a Boston-based nonprofit, is convincing many affluent Americans to challenge the very rules that made them rich.
Health
15 Minutes with Victoria Hale
MacArthur “genius” prize winner creates drugs for the developing world.
Economic Development
One Buyer at a Time
Aid organizations help build small businesses build capacity without asking whether people want the businesses’ products. As these stories show, successful programs start with real buyers.
Health
Cultivating Cross-Sector Partnerships
An HIV organization in Botswana provides lessons in cooperation.
Podcast
Business
Panel Discussion - Bridging the Gap Conference
From clean water to disease control and global climate change, a new breed of business people is designing sustainable solutions to promote international development and reduce global poverty. Hear from the leaders in this panel discussion about how they are applying business discipline to improve livelihood in many different nations.
Podcast
Health
Oliver Foot - The Next Generation of Global Health Workers
In 1982, ophthalmologist Oliver Foot founded Orbis Flying Eye Hospital, a unique mobile teaching facility housed in a DC-10 jet aircraft. In this audio interview With Globeshakers host Tim Zak, he discusses how his organization brings dedicated eye care professionals to the developing world to restore eyesight through surgery and other treatments.
Economic Development
Review: The White Man’s Burden
Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good
Socially Responsible Business
From Marble to Formica
How the Union Bank of California attracts lower-income people to traditional banking.