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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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Value Chains

Flushing away sanitation problems on World Toilet Day

World Toilet Day brings up the very real consequences of not dealing with this taboo subject.

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Financial Inclusion

Typhoon Haiyan: One Year Later

A year ago on November 8, Typhoon Haiyan tore through the central Philippines, leaving a trail of devastation. Here's where things stand today--and what else needs to happen.

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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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Social Enterprise

5 great development solutions coming out of the Clinton Global Initiative

Rather than simply discussing “what should be done,” the Clinton Global Initiative asks participants to create specific, actionable steps--putting money where their mouths are.

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Financial Inclusion

Six ways Ebola is reversing development gains in Liberia

The panic surrounding the Ebola crisis is undermining recent economic growth in Liberia, threatening over 2 million people struggling below the poverty line. But those who contract Ebola aren't the only ones whose lives are at risk.

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Value Chains

What do markets have to do with emergency response?

South Sudan is facing the most severe food crisis in the world. After eight months of humanitarian response, however, only one-third of civilians in need of assistance have received it. So what can we be doing differently?

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Value Chains

Open sesame: Ugandan sesame seed farmers double their income

Global demand for sesame is strong and stable, but farmers’ income is anything but.

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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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Social Enterprise

Three big reasons why business is the best route to ending poverty

There’s nothing mysterious here. Poor people tell us they’re poor because they don’t have enough money—and who knows more about making money than businesspeople?