One Acre Fund: a Nonprofit’s Business Approach to Helping Small Farmers
International development organization One Acre Fund opts to set up shop in rural locations like Bungoma, Kenya rather than major
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International development organization One Acre Fund opts to set up shop in rural locations like Bungoma, Kenya rather than major
A successful program from Living Goods in Uganda trains village women to sell medicines, fortified foods and other important goods
In 2016, the city of Rochester, NY partnered with Kiva—a crowd-funded microlender—to serve aspiring or established small-business owners. Their partnership
Funding with too many strings attached makes it hard for non-profits to grow and be impactful. An American organization, Nonprofit
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
Building Markets, an NGO, has connected Haitian businesses with foreign NGOs who can funnel humanitarian aid through the local suppliers
Corporations concerned about their social and environmental impact must also consider the costs. Bcorps, a new form of corporation in