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How one of the world’s largest companies builds loyalty among Mexico’s poor.
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Developing Native Capability
What multinational corporations can learn from the base of the pyramid.
Random Thoughts
Poverty Action Lab examines why some charitable programs work better than others.
When You Build It and They Still Don’t Come
The World Bank reevaluates previous methods.
Neglecting the Neediest
Foundations favor urban poor over rural residents.
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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.