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How to make markets work for the poor--and measure the results 26 Aug 2013 | 08:08 pm
Image: Despite local demand for hay, Kenyan dairy farmers face milk shortages due to lack of quality supply. But instead of handing over the hay, why not bring the hay market to the farmers? There ....
Legos may be our best tool to explain climate change and population growth 22 Aug 2013 | 08:37 pm
Image: Hans Rosling, a world renowned statistician and public speaker, uses toy blocks to explain global poverty, overpopulation, unequal distribution of wealth, and climate change. Using Legos to ....
Mercy Corps Perspective: Why large international dev orgs should be in the business of innovation 22 Aug 2013 | 02:02 am
Image: The challenges that face the billions of people who live on less than a dollar a day seem intractable. Mercy Corps CEO Neal Keny-Guyer talks with Yale School of Management and argues that the....
Can we shop to end poverty? 22 Aug 2013 | 01:44 am
Can we shop to end poverty? https://www.globalenvision.org/2013/08/06/“can-we-shop-end-poverty”
Global Ideas News Brief: Measuring shared value + Cash transfers 21 Aug 2013 | 08:02 pm
Image: Shared Value Innovating for Shared Value Harvard Business Review Corporate leaders realize that social problems present both daunting constraints to their operations and vast opportunities ....
The fortune at the bottom of the ocean: Mozambique’s looming natural gas boom 20 Aug 2013 | 08:10 pm
Image: The solution to Mozambique’s long-standing economic woes might lurk beneath the Indian Ocean’s rocky sea floor. The recent discovery of massive deposits of liquefied natural gas (LNG) off Mo....
“Can we shop to end poverty?” 19 Aug 2013 | 08:56 pm
Image: The digital world makes it easier for us to do good through everyday actions, but often these acts, done without real engagement, feed our egos more than they solve the real struggle of feedi....
Avon, Amway...Africa? Can the direct sales agent model work for health goods? 14 Aug 2013 | 08:01 pm
Image: This article is a guest post by James Militzer, originally published on NextBillion. Can the model made famous by the iconic "Avon Lady" work at the bottom of the pyramid? Distribution and ....
Quotable: How cell phones fill in for failed governments 13 Aug 2013 | 07:02 pm
Image: Wherever governments are in crisis, in transition, or in absentia, people are using digital media to try to improve their condition, to build new organizations, and to craft new institutional....
Gauging Social Impact? Here's why you might want to send a proxy 12 Aug 2013 | 07:20 pm
Image: Guest post from NextBillion. Editor’s note: Measure for Measure is a NextBillion series that focuses on trends, tools and viewpoints in impact measurement. Check out The Big Idea page on Next....
