Global Envision | The Confluence of Global Markets and Poverty Alleviation

Food or phone? Study finds some poor Kenyans choose the second

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Social Enterprise

Interview: EcoZoom on building a market for clean cookstoves in developing economies

Three billion people--half the world's population--need a safer way to cook.

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Mobile Technology

Food or phone? Study finds some poor Kenyans choose the second

In Kenya, using one’s mobile phone is now often considered to be more of a priority than eating or paying utility bills.

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Social Enterprise

Africa is finally booming, but don’t break out the champagne yet

Africans are celebrating levels of economic growth and political stability that were unthinkable just 10 years ago, but without the appropriate economic and political reforms, the continent could quickly relapse.

Q&A: How D-Rev designs health products for the world's poor

Will corruption suffocate Africa's new tech incubators?

New bank for the rural poor: The post office

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Financial Inclusion

Book Review: A firsthand look at Kiva entrepreneurs across the globe

In an ideal world, microfinance is the perfect mechanism for alleviating financial stress on new and small businesses. But how well does it work in real life?

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Value Chains

Bolivian farmers earn a title to their land 40% faster with better technology

Unjust land holdings in developing countries create and sustain inequality, but new mobile phone technology is simplifying the land titling process and securing plots for farmers.

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Social Enterprise

Will corruption suffocate Africa's new tech incubators?

As hopes rise for a Silicon Revolution in Africa, two incubators are using different tactics to create tech success stories, while meddling government policies are dampening the optimism.

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Social Enterprise

Interview: D-Rev's Krista Donaldson on designing health products for the world's poor

Across the globe, public hospitals struggle to pay for resources needed to treat even the most basic inflictions. But a San Francisco based non-profit is working to change that.