Global Envision | The Confluence of Global Markets and Poverty Alleviation

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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.

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Mobile Technology

Quotable: Mobile financial services won't reach scale without women

One way to reduce the gender gap for the unbanked is to get more women using mobile financial services.

MOBILE TECH: A PEACEFUL YET POWERFUL WEAPON IN KENYA

CHOCOLATE SHORTAGE BY 2020? HOW MINI LOANS COULD SAVE THE DAY

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Financial Inclusion

The new bank for rural poor: The post office

Post offices in Nigeria are becoming surrogate bank branches for the unbanked rural poor, under a government project launched last month.

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Value Chains

Who says GMOs are necessary? Small farmer shatters rice record

Genetically modified organisms cover six percent more farmland every year, setting a global record of 170.3 million hectares in 2012. While some applaud GMO crops, farmers from Mexico to India are denouncing them.

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Youth Skills

Mobile Tech: a peaceful yet powerful weapon in Kenya

Mobile connections in the hands of youth may be the secret weapon for a strong democratic future in Kenya.

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Social Enterprise

Why China must build a supportive ecosystem for its new crop of NGOs

China’s fast-growing mass of social entrepreneurs are being held back by government regulation and a lack of funding, according to a new report by Hong Kong-based FYSE.

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Financial Inclusion

Two ways to get farm loans where they're needed most: the boonies

To get small staple-crop farmers the loans they need, lenders must use new approaches tailored to the 90 percent of smallholders not in farmer organizations.

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Social Enterprise

How a Palestinian social gaming startup is taking off

Ayman Awartani is practically glowing as he tells the story of his startup, and with good reason.

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Value Chains

Chocolate shortage by 2020? How mini loans could save the day

Social lenders aren't meeting poor farmers' financing needs. If commercial buyers don't provide more capital, the world could face shortages of luxury cash crops.

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Social Enterprise

Meet MicroMentor, a free 'dating' website for business mentorship

MicroMentor is the OK Cupid of business mentorship sites--and it, too, is looking for new revenue streams.

Pakistan patches a startup culture tattered by disorder

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Social Enterprise

Pakistan patches up a startup culture tattered by disorder

With unrest stirring, Pakistan needs leaders to provide constructive answers to society’s challenges. Social entrepreneurs can do that, but they need mentors, says a recent report by the Economic Policy Group.