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The women in TYO's WISE program participate in a wide array of trainings, including Business English classes like this one. Photo: Lila Wakili (<a href="www.tomorrowsyouth.org">Tomorrow's Youth Organization</a>)

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Financial Inclusion

Incubating women's businesses in Palestine

This article was republished by The Christian Science Monitor.

Addis Ababa-based entrepreneur Bethlehem Tilahun at the World Economic Forum in May 2012. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/worldeconomicforum/7169657482/sizes/z/in/photostream/">World Economic Forum (Flickr)</a>

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Quotable: 'People don't want to be not poor'

Bethlehem Tilahun, Ethiopian entrepreneur and founder of SoleRebels Footwear, in the New York Times:

“As I entered college ... it had become clear to me that ‘poverty alleviation’ is a myth.”

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Social Enterprise

Female tech entrepreneurs in Gaza

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.

The White House is making a splash with the announcement of a slate of new, innovative projects to reduce global poverty. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdho/558951670/sizes/m/in/photostream/">Seansie (flickr)</a>

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Obama's three most interesting ideas for global development

Politics, schmolitics—the Obama administration's new list of antipoverty projects has our hearts aflutter.

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Five years of microlending in less than five minutes (video)

Check out what over five years of Kiva microlending looks like:

Slum life might not be a dead-end for kids in Dharavi, India. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lecercle/289354344/sizes/m/">lecercle (flickr)</a>

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Slum Life: Destitution or Dynamism?

Even before it cashed in on eight Oscars, Slumdog Millionaire had sparked a global conversation around the film's depiction of slum life in India.

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Oil May Not Grease Friendship

A paper testing the idea that a strong entrepreneurial spirit can indicate a prospective US ally, while oil wealth indicates a divergence of interest.

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Entrepreneurship and Poverty in India

A group named EDI (the Entrepreneurship Development Institute) is helping the Indian government develop a "National Strategy for Urban Poor." The strategy will

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The Apprentice, Kenyan Style

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An Innovative Harvest

Here is a very encouraging story from Newsweek about social entrepreneurship and the kind of change that is possible when thinking outside of the box.

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Afghani Business Success Story

Today's Christian Science Monitor has a hopeful piece on female entrepreneurs in Afghanistan.

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A New Generation of Entrepreneurs (Thanks to Globalization)

We've all heard globalization linked to the growth of multi-national corporations.

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The New Frontlines of Capitalism

Peace Corps volunteer, Nathalie Boittin, discovered that both producing and selling soap in Burkina Faso come with unique challenges.

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Young Guru - Building Awareness Through Film

From the streets of India, Ashikul Islam has become an award winning film maker and activist, changing the world one film at a time.

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Incubating women's businesses in Palestine

Quotable: 'People don't want to be not poor'

Female tech entrepreneurs in Gaza

Entrepreneur: just a nice word for 'underemployed'?

Obama's three most interesting ideas for global development

Five years of microlending in less than five minutes (video)

Slum Life: Destitution or Dynamism?

Oil May Not Grease Friendship

Entrepreneurship and Poverty in India

The Apprentice, Kenyan Style

An Innovative Harvest

Afghani Business Success Story

A New Generation of Entrepreneurs (Thanks to Globalization)

The New Frontlines of Capitalism

Young Guru - Building Awareness Through Film

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