Social Enterprise

Timor-Leste, a small, little-known island-nation in the Pacific Ocean, is in desperate need of practical ideas to combat its hunger and poverty woes. But a simple idea is beginning to reverse malnutrition trends and even starting to make a dent in poverty, making it an idea worth spreading.

At a press conference held the other day in Beijing, President Xi and President Obama announced critical pollution reform. That wasn’t all that went down.

Creating and marketing products to sell to the poor is a tricky business, a game of trial and error. There appears to be no formula for success, only a few guiding principles. And the products that sell are not always what we would expect.