Upward Mobility for the World’s Destitute
Though poverty rates are dropping worldwide, the ‘ultrapoor’ tend to stay where they are. BRAC works to break the poverty
Though poverty rates are dropping worldwide, the ‘ultrapoor’ tend to stay where they are. BRAC works to break the poverty
The United States can outsource certain kinds of “microwork,” such as accurately digitizing large swaths of information, to developing countries
Companies who outsource often fuel the race to the bottom for global workers’ standards. Two companies, Digital Divide Data and
The Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (now Common Future) encourages a “localism” approach to decrease wealth disparities. By hosting
Albina Ruiz, founder of the social enterprise Ciudad Saludable, works with people living in areas dominated by the trash dump
In Zimbabwe, a diverse group of leaders (including CAMFED) are tackling the persistent barriers to quality education for girls. By
Education is far from a given for poor, rural Africans. But a group called CAMFED (campaign for female education) is
Building Markets, an NGO, has connected Haitian businesses with foreign NGOs who can funnel humanitarian aid through the local suppliers
Mangroves can store up six times more carbon than an area equal to the Amazon rainforest. However, they are rapidly
Corporations concerned about their social and environmental impact must also consider the costs. Bcorps, a new form of corporation in