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
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
Soil collection ceremonies offer a meaningful way to help cope with and create institutional memory of racial violence across the
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
The night shift janitor is an easy target. Working in isolation, cleaners across the country say they have been harassed,