The only scheme proven to end poverty – but too bespoke to scale?
An intensive, long-term approach to end poverty, piloted by an NGO in Bangladesh, has shown serious promise since its start
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An intensive, long-term approach to end poverty, piloted by an NGO in Bangladesh, has shown serious promise since its start
Though poverty rates are dropping worldwide, the ‘ultrapoor’ tend to stay where they are. BRAC works to break the poverty
Albina Ruiz, founder of the social enterprise Ciudad Saludable, works with people living in areas dominated by the trash dump
Corporations concerned about their social and environmental impact must also consider the costs. Bcorps, a new form of corporation in
For triple-bottom-line businesses, there are no guarantees that responsible practices will continue after the sale of the company. ‘B corp‘,
APOPO, an international nonprofit, has trained Gambian pouched rats to sniff out landmines in countries across the world. These rats
In Cambodia, demining rats have been trained to sniff out land mines, effectively identifying unexploded materials like landmines, bombs, and
Cambodia is littered with unexploded deadly land mines, posing a huge threat to people even decades after the conflict. In
In countries like Cambodia, Angola, and Mozambique, rats are saving lives by detecting untriggered land mines. An international nonprofit, Apopo,