Value Chains

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Financial Inclusion

Jeffrey Garten looks at the long story of globalization

In a recent Global Envision talk, the Yale professor says that globalization is inevitable.

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Sustainable Energy

Let's be like astronauts and waste less water

The United Nations is marking World Water Day by highlighting an overlooked solution to the growing global water crisis: wastewater.

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Social Enterprise

Weekly News Brief: Destitution Drives People to Work with Waste

A weekly roundup of development news from around the Internet

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Social Enterprise

One Acre Fund and the new Green Revolution

The problems ending hunger in Africa — and around the world — One Acre Fund must face.

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Social Enterprise

How Proximity Designs is transforming farming in Myanmar

A social enterprise in Myanmar teaches farmers smarter ways to work their land.

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Social Enterprise

The Crisis of the World Humanitarian Summit

The first World Humanitarian Summit asks us to consider how we frame humanitarianism — and how we fight for it.

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Financial Inclusion

News Brief: Empowering Women from Colombia to Pakistan

A weekly round-up of mainstream news about the context in which Mercy Corps works, focused on development and innovation.

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Social Enterprise

Quotable: Private sector as the engine of development

Andrew Mitchell stresses that the UN's sustainable development goals (SDGs) can only be met if the private sector is incorporated into the world's development discourse.

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Social Enterprise

Global Ideas News Brief: From Panama Papers to Ecotourism

A weekly round-up of mainstream news about the context in which Mercy Corps works, focused on development and innovation.

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Sustainable Energy

Bright Ideas for Energy Solutions in Refugee Camps

To solve electricity deficiencies in Syrian camps, aid agencies and the private sector have joined to create plans for sustainable energy.

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Social Enterprise

The diamonds of the future might be grown in a lab

“These are the diamonds of the future,” says Lisa Bissell, CEO of Pure Grown Diamonds. “They are revolutionary because they’re sustainable and conflict-free. They’re a whole new choice for eco-minded consumers.”

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Social Enterprise

Quotable: Mall Culture Reaches Nigeria

As Nigeria's middle class grows, street peddlers and open-air markets are finding themselves in direct competition with shopping malls and big box stores.

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Sustainable Energy

Quotable: Paris Climate Change Conference

What is at stake with this climate conference is peace.

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Social Enterprise

Making Waves: Three Cool Solutions to the Water Problem

Providing clean, safe water across the globe is a huge undertaking, with a $10 billion to $175 billion price tag. But several solutions-from drinking straws to a “drinkable” book-are showing that technology doesn’t have to be massive to make a difference.