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HOW BETTER-TRAINED FARMERS ARE SLOWING BRAZIL'S DEFORESTATION

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How better-trained farmers are slowing Brazil's deforestation

In Para, Brazil, farmers are turning a profit and the government is on track to slow deforestation thanks to local nonprofit Imazon, which got them to work together.

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The SunWater project: advanced solar technology for poor farmers

Paul Polak, the author of Out of Poverty, is creating the world's most inexpensive solar water pump. Here's how.

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Tech startup finds the ticket to growth with old ideas

A brand-new Mexican tech startup is making its products affordable using a centuries-old financing trick that lets startups and their customers shift their risk toward third-party investors.

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Quotable: Ebay founder on impact investing

Global capitalism has left billions of people behind. But the founder of ebay says we need to apply the power of that same market to help solve stubborn economic and social challenges.

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As public and private firms blur, Seoul mayor calls it perfectly natural

Social innovation is slowly spreading to virtually every sector of the global economy, according to the Stanford Social Innovation Review’s summer issue.

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Transforming solar pumping to eliminate rural poverty

What if we could harness the limitless power of the sun to carry water to the crops of millions of small poor farmers around the world?

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5 Questions: Making markets work for the poor in rural Georgia

In the Samstkhe-Javakheti region of Georgia, Mercy Corps is taking a different approach to improving the livelihoods of small-scale farmers: not through charity, but through market-based interventions.

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Business schools drive a global boom in social entrepreneurship

An MBA in social enterprise isn’t just for a few elites anymore. Studies from Harvard Business School and Bridgespan Group show social enterprise exploding at business schools around the world.

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Interview: Rogue Venture Partner's Tom Sperry on Mentoring Entrepreneurs in Palestine

All startups face the universal challenge of transforming an idea into an attractive investment. An integral part of this process, according to Tom Sperry, is finding a good mentor.

Avon in Uganda? How microfranchises create small, low-risk jobs

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

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Avon in Uganda? How microfranchises create small, low-risk jobs

A door-to-door sales company in Uganda is giving a shot at entrepreneurship to would-be entrepreneurs who don’t want to risk everything.

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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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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.