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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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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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Youth Skills

Why youth join violent groups

Although most youth do not participate in violence, armed groups across the world are successful at recruiting young people. Conflict specialist Rebecca Wolfe explains why, and how the right youth programming could make a difference.

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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.

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Why it’s time to rethink approaches to refugee assistance

It may be time for the international community to change its approach to refugee assistance, according to a new report from Oxford University.

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Youth Skills

Goal! Supporting youth through soccer

Behind the glamor of the World Cup lies a simple game that youth advocates believe can motivate young people around the globe to change their lives for the better.

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What the pivoting IMF mandate means for the poor

The International Monetary Fund is known for its multi-billion dollar bailouts of struggling countries, but the watchdog for global economic stability now says narrowing the income gap between the very poor and the very rich is a key tenet of its mission.

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Youth Skills

World Bank on Youth Employment in Africa

African youth represent potential for the continent, but innovation is needed to employ the growing cohort.

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GLOBAL IDEAS NEWS BRIEF: JOBS REMAIN SCARCE + RURAL MARKETS GROW

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

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Value Chains

Elections: Indonesia faces new economic era, same old problems

What you need to know about Indonesia’s growing economy, rising global leadership and remaining development challenges.

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Youth Skills

Quotable: Hillary Clinton on including women and girls in the global economy

"No country can truly thrive by denying the contributions of half its people…(W)e have evidence that when women and girls participate throughout the economy, productivity and growth go up for everyone…

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Global Ideas News Brief: Entrepreneurs vs. Multinationals

Staff picks: What we're reading this week.

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Youth Skills

Quotable: People don't just need jobs

When you boil charity down, it’s really a wealth transfer mechanism. It’s good for what it’s good for, but it’s not creating wealth, it’s not creating prosperity. It’s keeping people from tragedy or disaster, which is its proper role.

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Youth Skills

A gold standard to develop young talent: Can it work in emerging markets?

In the global youth unemployment crisis, Germany sets the gold standard for technical and vocational education and training. And that’s the problem. Is the gold standard too high-cost and high-touch to be adopted elsewhere?

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Youth Skills

Sudan’s next top entrepreneur: It’s a hit!

Sudan’s first business-oriented reality show is taking the country by storm, inspiring entrepreneurs in a country where entrepreneurship is rare, undervalued and fraught with challenges.