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Social Enterprise

Marketing to the world’s poorest: How social impact and profit can go hand in hand

Ted London wants to shake up business-as-usual in some of the world’s poorest places.

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Global Ideas News Brief: Haiti's earthquake anniversary

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

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Social Enterprise

Designing new solutions for the world's poorest

Board games in the Philippines, nail salons in Zambia, and subscription clinics in the Democratic Republic of Congo: These are just a few of IDEO.org's poverty-fighting weapons.

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Global Ideas News Brief

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

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Social Enterprise

When aid fails - and what failure teaches us

Sometimes, good intentions aren't enough.

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Social Enterprise

Five ways social enterprise is changing the world

According to the experts, social enterprises are seriously cool.

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Social Enterprise

Mercy Corps' Chief Innovation Officer tapped to lead USAID Global Development Lab

Mercy Corps' Chief Innovation Officer, Ann Mei Chang, will be leading the U.S. Global Development Lab as its first executive director.

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Financial Inclusion

Quotable: Jeffrey Sachs on sustainable growth

Economist Jeffrey Sachs wants to help the poor escape what he calls a "poverty trap," and has spearheaded a project that, he hopes, will help.

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Global Ideas News Brief: Poverty Disconnect

A weekly roundup of mainstream news about the context in which Mercy Corps works, focused on economic development and innovations.

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Youth Skills

Young leaders create plans for change in the Middle East and North Africa

With lives embedded in regional upheaval, emerging leaders came to Portland and translated their big ideas into do-able social change projects.

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Social Enterprise

Companies target billion-dollar potential by marketing to the poor

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.

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Financial Inclusion

Lessons learned: How Japan's small businesses are rebuilding after the 2011 tsunami

After the earthquake and tsunami hit Japan in 2011, thousands of small businesses were literally wiped out. As they began to rebuild, many found they didn't qualify for loans. Here's what they did:

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Sustainable Energy

Get Your Great “Green” Idea to the Masses

Up to 10 innovators will be selected to present their idea. Are you among them?

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Youth Skills

African Leaders Summit heats up over questions of growth and trade

Is Africa a place of opportunity for its young people, or just for foreign companies?

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Social Enterprise

MicroMentor expands its reach through the power of partnerships

Small businesses provide jobs for some 8 million people in the U.S. alone. How do you help these businesses--and an important sector of the economy--succeed? Take a cue from dating sites and match them up with mentors.