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Can mobile phones end extreme poverty? Jeffrey Sachs thinks so.

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Halting HIV in Infants with SMS Technology

New technology that diagnoses HIV in infants has injected new hope into the veins of countless Kenyans.

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Five poverty-fighting women to watch

This story was republished by The Christian Science Monitor.

Pader District is part of Uganda's northern region, where farming is the main livelihood and source of income. Photo: Thatcher Cook/Mercy Corps.

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PHASE ONE: Lighting a pathway for solar in rural Uganda

Phase One: The critical first step involves information, information, information.

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GOMANGO! A simple solution to save Haiti's leading fruit

<a href="http://www.fastcoexist.com/1679339/3-rules-for-social-innovation-in-the-developing-world">Click here</a> to view the video.

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Buzzwords defined: social innovation and social impact

What does social innovation and social impact mean to you?

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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19 Ways We Innovate

Reporting in collaboration with Yadira Gutierrez.

More than 800 staff members in 47 countries cast a vote for their favorite innovation. Which is your favorite?

A simple solution makes a big impact for Ethiopia's farming families. Photo: Erin Gray/Mercy Corps.

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19 Ways We Innovate: Winners Announced

And the winner of Mercy Corps’ internal innovations competition is...(drumroll, please)... Ethiopia! Despite—or very well perhaps because—of the massive drought that's hit the Horn of Africa, community members and Mercy Corps staff have hit on a solution that's both simple and cheap.

Sharon Chang, left, is the founder of an intitiative to become a talent agency for social innovators. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bryanesque/3981840235/in/photostream/">Photo: bryanesque (Flickr)</a>

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Agents of change: Yoxi.tv's big plan to groom do-gooders into media superstars

It's an unlikely romance, fit for Hollywood: social change meets corporate marketing. Now, one of Tinseltown's most successful inventions is about to join the cast.

Enter the first social-entrepreneurship talent agent.