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Social Enterprise

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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Social Enterprise

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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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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Social Enterprise

Quotable: Microinsurance penetration set to double by 2020

By 2020, over 1 billion people in poor countries will be covered under microinsurance.

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Value Chains

Pairing risk reduction with income generation makes communities more resilient

People earning money are more likely to protect their homes, land and life before disaster strikes, rather than only responding after traumatic events occur.

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Value Chains

Natural disasters cost corporations $400 billion in 2011, UN says

Environmental disasters not only cripple smallholder farmers, they also mean high costs for the corporations at the buying end of the supply chain. A forthcoming UN report will show just how detrimental those costs can be.

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Social Enterprise

Renewable energy gone wrong: a cautionary tale for impact investors

Acción Energía’s controversial wind farm on Mexico’s Isthmus of Tehuantepec shows the dark side of “positive social investments” that ignore their impact on the local community.

Crops resilient to climate change are especially important to farmers in developing countries. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cimmyt/5210265334/">CIMMYT (Flickr)</a>.

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Value Chains

As climate becomes a moving target, 'virtual crops' aim for the future

Climate change is threatening crop survival. Some researchers believe the solution lies in "virtual crops."

Mera Gao Power: Men installing solar panels

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Sustainable Energy

To feed its growth, India weighs coal subsidies against solar ones

Could decentralized, solar energy be the solution to India’s power poverty?

Nairobi is home to the first of a UN-created system of incubators for green business. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/worldbank/2629335476/in/set-72157605940042670/">World Bank (Flickr)</a>

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Sustainable Energy

Can Kenya's new climate center pull green investors to Africa?

In an attempt to reposition developing economies “towards low carbon, green growth paths,” the World Bank has opened its first Climate Innovation Center in Nairobi, Kenya.