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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

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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Social Enterprise

Polio Surge in Pakistan: A cautionary tale for global health

On the 50th anniversary of Jonas Salk's discovery of a vaccine against polio, the disease has faded from the headlines - but a flare-up in Pakistan proves that polio is not going quietly.

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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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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?

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Value Chains

Make your clothes worth wearing: how global brands are (finally) investing in factory workers

Companies have been taking steps to improve workers’ lives in emerging markets for years--this project stands out for involving the biggest of the big brands.

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Social Enterprise

Farm business advisors deliver products and profits to Cambodia’s rural farmers

Lors Thmey, which means ‘new growth’ in Khmer, sells a bundled package to Cambodian farmers that provides farming necessities and technical know-how through a business model designed to boost incomes, share knowledge and create value at each step of the supply chain.

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Value Chains

Is farming rice differently the key to ending hunger? India tries it

While the government lays out a plan to stockpile and distribute subsidized grains to feed the hungry, a new way of planting and farming rice across India has proven dramatic success.

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Financial Inclusion

This is what financial inclusion looks like: CGAP announces photo contest winners

A man stacks bricks on his head to carry. Another sells newspapers. Three women carry fishing nets across golden sand dunes. These images, among the winners of CGAP’s annual photo contest, portray workers at the bottom of the economic pyramid around the world.

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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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Financial Inclusion

Quotable: Universal financial access by 2020 is possible

The World Bank president believes that innovations in approach and technology will boost progress on financial inclusion.

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Value Chains

Two companies making trade fairer without 'fair trade'

When fair trade farming didn’t pay enough for one farmer to make ends meet, he started a new coffee company to take control of the production process and boost profits.

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Value Chains

Quotable: Land O'Lakes seeds economic opportunity and peace through dairy farming

How do you boost farmers in post-conflict regions like Sri Lanka? Jon Halverson of Land O'Lakes discusses how the U.S. dairy co-op blended commercial and development work in an interview on DevEx.

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Social Enterprise

TOMS Shoes and conscious consumerism’s 3 biggest sins

Many social enterprises exist to improve the lives of the poor, but if your business requires an endless supply of poor people, it might be time to rethink your strategy.