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Environmental lawyers around the world join forces via E-LAW.
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15 minutes with Kaisha Atakhanova
Kazakh biologist, activist, and environmental prize recipient.
Imagining a Democracy
In Morocco, there are 33,000 NGOs, many of which are engaged in a massive struggle to bring a civil society to life.
Moving Beyond Reproach
Accountability proposals should focus more on ways to help nonprofits deal with actual ethical crises.
Small Is Beautiful
Banks in Mexico say that microloans are helping the poor while boosting their profits.
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Microfinance Misses Its Mark
Despite the hoopla over microfinance, it doesn't cure poverty. But stable jobs do. If societies are serious about helping the poorest of the poor, they should stop investing in microfinance and start supporting large, labor-intensive industries.
Rediscovering Social Innovation
Social entrepreneurship and social enterprise have become popular and positive rallying points for those trying to improve the world, but social innovation is a better vehicle for understanding and creating social change in all of its manifestations.
Romanticizing the Poor
Market solutions to poverty, which include services and products targeting consumers at the “bottom of the pyramid,” portray poor people as creative entrepreneurs and discerning consumers. Yet this rosy view of poverty-stricken people is not only wrong, but also harmful.
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.
Jeffrey Sachs
Jeffrey Sachs believes we must lift a billion-plus people out of poverty while reducing our impact on the environment.