Global Envision | The Confluence of Global Markets and Poverty Alleviation

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Social Enterprise

Geeks to the rescue: How to save the world in 54 hours

A new tech event in Portland is promising to turn local entrepreneurs into global problem-solvers.

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Sustainable Energy

Interview: Bringing light and stoves to rural East Timor

Lack of energy access does more then keep households in the dark: it also limits economic development and exacerbates health problems. An interview with Will Barron about innovative ways to make solar electricity and efficient cookstoves available in the marketplace in Timor-Leste.

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Youth Skills

Gaza Sky Geeks: Supporting tech entrepreneurs in the Gaza Strip

In the isolated Gaza Strip, economic instability is a constant. But Gaza Sky Geeks is helping the region capitalize on one of its biggest assets: its technical graduates. We interview its program manager, Reem Omran.

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Financial Inclusion

Visualizing Financial Inclusion (and Shaping It)

Want to see just how fast financial inclusion is spreading? Just map it.

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Youth Skills

As the developing world booms, old multinationals quake

In the next 15 years, the number of people in the consuming class will double and, for the first time ever, emerging markets will have more purchasing power than developed economies combined.

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Social Enterprise

From Assiut to Zacatecas, do-gooders swarm startup competitions

Social enterprise is popping up in startup competitions around the developed world, but tech-savvy social entrepreneurs from developing countries are scoring wins and turning heads as well.

An underrated road out of poverty: Saving money

3 social entrepreneurship tips that are actually original

Not so fast: Africa is doing better, but not quite an Asian tiger

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Social Enterprise

New ideas about social entrepreneurship: Yes, they still exist

Social enterprise is so new that many aspiring entrepreneurs don’t know where to begin. They can now find their way thanks to a new guide stocked with advice from the field.

Changing the world McDonalds style: 5 great social franchises

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New alternative to GDP measures social outcomes, not income

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As Asia's tigers shred poverty rates, Africa still lags

As China and India boast drastically reduced poverty rates and a rising middle class, countries once considered their counterparts in underdevelopment still lag behind.

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Financial Inclusion

Seeking Opportunity in Unlikely Places: Mercy Corps' Elizabeth Berthe

Elizabeth Berthe, Mercy Corps’ newest social innovations team member, has been creating businesses with her dad since she was eight years old. "You know how some people flip houses? We flipped businesses.”

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An interview with Global Envision's founder on our 10th anniversary

When many youth and NGOs protested the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference in Seattle in 1999, Global Envision’s founder Bill Early saw an opportunity to create a dialogue about how globalization and capitalism could help lift people out of poverty. This idea eventually became Global Envision.