Sunny Days for Microfinance
I think the current moment is the beginning of the golden years for microfinance.
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The Quintessential Entrepreneur
A FISTFUL OF RICE: My Unexpected Quest to End Poverty Through Profitability by Vikram Akula
Youth Entrepreneurship in Africa
How do we promote bottom-up entrepreneurship in emerging economies?
A Sobering Assessment of Microfinance’s Impact
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.
Learning, Earning, and Saving
The need for holistic approaches to poverty alleviation for young people in Africa.
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The Problem With Fair Trade Coffee
Fair Trade-certified coffee is growing in sales, but strict certification requirements are resulting in uneven economic advantages for coffee growers and lower quality coffee for consumers.
Innovative Solutions for the Housing Crisis
Six pathways to making housing more affordable and available from the Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability.
The Profit in Nonprofit
Why Kiva chose to be a 501(c)(3), what this tax status buys the organization, and how being a nonprofit poses challenges.
Beyond the Poverty Line
A new approach to measuring poverty is needed, one that accounts for multiple factors such as housing, and regional economic differences.
Beyond ‘X Number Served’
To cure the social sector’s metric monomania, we must get comfortable with complexity.