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This paraskilled Aravind Eye employee determines a patient's prescription. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24560044@N08/5591590057/">Community Eye Health (Flickr)</a>

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In India, 'paraskilling' creates new jobs by slicing old ones to bits

This article was republished by The Christian Science Monitor.

Why are we reluctant entrepreneurs? Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/big-max-power/5056775644/sizes/m/in/photostream/">Big Max Power (Flickr)</a>

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Entrepreneur: just a nice word for 'underemployed'?

Entrepreneurship is an American value—we constantly look up to Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. But let’s keep its benefits in perspective.

William's windmill was built using pictures and diagrams. Photo: whiteafrican<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/whiteafrican/622366993/sizes/m/in/photostream/"> (Flicker)</a>

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How a Malawi teen used junk to put wind to work

Technology doesn’t always come from experts with expensive equipment. William Kamkwamba’s junkyard windmill proves it.

Apps4Africa helps African farmers to be more productive in the face of climate change. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/iicd/5348358125/sizes/m/in/photostream/">IICD (Flickr)</a>

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Made in Africa: Three mobile apps to fight climate crisis

As the Apps4Africa climate challenge announces its winners, African farmers and communities gain new market tools in tackling the everyday challenges of climate change. And who better to design these tools than Africans themselves?

With mobile money, Haitians are able to complete transactions like this one wirelessly. Photo: Karl Grobl for NetAid.

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How Haiti is fighting poverty by killing cash

This article was republished by The Christian Science Monitor.

Mercy Corps made cutting down trees for cooking fuel more sustainable through a reforestation project in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Photo: JGrant for Mercy Corps.

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Payment for protection: an innovative program boosts incomes and saves trees

A new program in Brazil is turning tragedy on its head by paying the poor to preserve their natural surroundings.

Candles provide a light in the dark for those without access to electricity. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sara_y_tzunki/759902743/sizes/m/in/photostream/">Photo: Sara Y Tzunky</a>

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Microfinance can energize local economies

Is microfinance the solution to energy poverty? If partnered with renewable energy, it could prove to be true.

More consumers are choosing products that are both hip and support a cause. Photo:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27055329@N06/5770536860/">mariahfleming (Flickr)</a>

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Tom's Shoes succeeds at marketing, but Warby Parker wins for a better anti-poverty model

This article was republished in The Christian Science Monitor.

Women farmers in Africa produce over 60 percent of all food crops. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cimmyt/5352940723/in/photostream/">CIMMYT (flickr)</a>

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In Africa, female scientists should power female farmers, group says

Women comprise 43 percent of the world’s farmers. In Africa, it’s 80 percent. Women plant, harvest, process and sell their crops, but men continue to dominate agricultural science and research. This may be about to change.