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In Portland: Greg Dees on scaling social innovation

The father of social entrepreneurship education is visiting Portland this week, with stops at the Pacific Northwest College of Art and Mercy Corps.

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SOCAP Recap: Biggest announcements from this year’s conference

In Uganda, dairy farmers are on the hunt for affordable energy sources. One might be their own cows. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/59367690@N00/4157487541/">Neiljs (flickr)</a>

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A dung-powered milk chiller could power profit at small dairies

Warm milk spoils—and millions of the world's energy-poor rural farmers have no way to keep it cool.

If only the bovine digestive system also produced some sort of vast and seemingly endless flow of energy-rich sludge.

With new data transmitters, African hand pumps can keep the water flowing. photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/worldbank/2944066423/sizes/o/in/photostream/">World Bank Photo Collection (Flickr)</a>

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Another job for Africa's mobile phones: Fixing water pumps

First money, then medicine, now water: What problems can’t the mobile phone solve?

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Quotable: Citi and USAID partner to bring mobile payments to "last mile" customers

Mobile money is a game-changing endeavor with the potential to improve lives, create jobs, catalyze new enterprises and expand financial inclusion, particularly in the emerging markets that are critical to the growth of the global economy.

Buddist monk outside a ger. Gers are traditional Mongolian tent-structures which house 25% of the Ulaanbaatar population. Photo:<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jerrold/238389879/in/set-72157594275395164/">Jerrold Bennett (Flickr)</a>.

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Now that's value: Three-step value chain designed by Citi helps Mongolians to cut pollution

A collaborative carbon credit financing chain is enabling residents of Ulaanbaatar, one of the world's most polluted cities, to make energy-efficiency improvements in their own homes.

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Western Union and Roshan launch a beautiful partnership in Afghanistan

"Roshan, Afghanistan's leading total communications provider, and Western Union, a leader in global payment services, have today jointly launched the Western Union Mobile Money Transfer service in Afghanistan that enables Roshan's M-Paisa customers to receive money from abroad.

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Transforming poo into a valuable resource

In Haiti, one nonprofit may have figured out how to make a pot o' gold out of a port-o-pot.

One-third of all food produced for human consumption never makes it to the table. Photo: <a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/sunnyshine80/5042513304/sizes/m/in/photostream/">SSTUDIO Samuel Bietenholz (Flickr)</a>.

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Why agricultural research should not end with the harvest

This article was republished on The Christian Science Monitor.

Bad roads and infrequent bus service is just one bump in the road to bringing solar to rural Uganda. Photo: Thatcher Cook for Mercy Corps.

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Challenges to lighting a pathway for solar in Uganda

This article is the third in a three-part series exploring the role Mercy Corps played in bringing solar power to rural Uganda.

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Drink up, kid! Nipple shields keep babies safe from HIV

Baby formula isn’t the only way to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission. A nipple shield could be cost-effective and healthier.

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Infographic: The social innovation process

The process to innovate—to come up with something totally new or build upon others' work—and especially to innovate with real social impact, is incredibly challenging.

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Many places are jumping straight from paper records to mobile information because they are getting cellphone towers before Internet connections or even traditional phone lines.