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Global Ideas News Brief: Big names weigh in on global inequality

Bill Gates on global poverty, the case for global aid and rising to the challenge of youth unemployment. Staff Picks: what we're reading this week.

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Global Ideas News Brief: Improving microinsurance + Building peace online

Improving microinsurance, building peace online, and why solar lamps are like cash transfers. Staff Picks: What we're reading this week.

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Financial Inclusion

Quotable: The Internet’s transformative potential in Africa

A new report from the McKinsey Global Institute highlights the economic power of the Internet in Africa.

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Value Chains

Woodblock Chocolate: From bean to bar, putting farmers first

An Oregon chocolate maker's story: how the company builds value from bean to bar.

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Global Ideas News Brief: Doha deal + Banking on the world's poorest

Banking on the world's poorest, the first Doha deal, and how the promise of prosperity may be the key to foreign policy. Staff picks: what we're reading this week.

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Global Ideas News Brief: Financing coffee + The Pope's capitalism commentary

Financing coffee, developing countries' thirst for energy and the Pope's capitalism. Staff Picks: What we're reading this week.

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Value Chains

Quotable: 20 years ago, fighting poverty felt futile. Not so today.

"Twenty years ago we spoke about the poor with a sense of futility, and I think now when you talk about the base of the pyramid, more often than not you're talking about markets and opportunities."

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Global Ideas News Brief: Climate insurance + Arab startups

Climate insurance, Arab startups, and a get-rich way to help the poor. Staff picks: what we're reading this week.

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Global Ideas News Brief: High tech toilets + Black market medicine

High tech toilets, black market malaria medication and building resilience. Staff picks: What we're reading this week.

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Twitter and international development: Who to follow and why

Here's a list of three interesting users to follow for each of Global Envision’s six beats.

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Global Ideas News Brief: Planning for disasters + Cocoa in Africa

The world responds to Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda, micro insurance may help the poor deal with climate change and poor African farmers watch two companies try to seize the world's cocoa supply. Staff picks: what we're reading this week.

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Global Ideas News Brief: Pyramid schemes + Complex stories

Face to face contact works for Africa's poorest customers, the promise of small-scale Ag and why NGOs should tell complex stories. Staff picks: what we're reading this week

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Value Chains

Quotable: Rwanda's president on government's relationship with the private sector

Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda, aims to raise the country to middle income status by 2020. Partnering with the private sector is a prime method.

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Value Chains

Addictive supply chains: Why Nestle can’t quit child labor

Multinational corporations can seem like alcoholics--they promise to reform, be responsible and end labor abuse--but in the end, quitting is harder than it appears.