The best way to speed up economic growth: Turn on the lights
The Electrify Africa Act of 2013, awaiting committee approval in [...]
Solar provides a roadmap for financing alternative energies. Will microfinance bite?
Today, microfinance banks see it as a solid investment, even [...]
Medicines hitchhike with Coca Cola to save lives
Value Chains British nonprofit Colalife knows how to enjoy a [...]
What to Say When They Say It’s Impossible
Those committed to building a more just future must question [...]
Quotable: Grameen Intel CEO believes in leading with education, not technology
Although Grameen Intel uses technology to solve social problems, CEO [...]
How better-trained farmers are slowing Brazil’s deforestation
In Para, Brazil, farmers are turning a profit and the [...]
The world has already halved poverty – can we eradicate it by 2030?
Between 1990 and 2010, one billion people were lifted out [...]
Why don’t more NGOs use the ‘making markets work for the poor’ approach? 5 questions for Emma Proud
"Direct delivery" development is simple. Livestock are sick; let’s distribute [...]
As public and private firms blur, Seoul mayor calls it perfectly natural
Social innovation is slowly spreading to virtually every sector of [...]
Free life insurance with your phone bill? Ghana’s Tigo tries it
With so many African mobile users switching out SIM cards [...]