Philanthropy Action

Category: Poverty Alleviation

There are 55 entries in this category.

Apr 14, 2007

The Success of Mozambique

The southern African country of Mozambique is one of the poorest nations in the world. Yet it has also managed to nearly double its per capita GDP in the last fifteen years.

Apr 13, 2007

Big Business Finds Traction in Africa

Two articles have come out this week that point to new possibilities for prosperity in sub-Saharan Africa.

Mar 14, 2007

U.S. Far From Free for its Migrant Workers

A new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center questions whether guest worker programs in fact benefit workers as they should. 

Feb 20, 2007

How the Poor Live

A recent study conducted by the MIT Poverty Action Lab reveals surprising data about how the poor earn, spend, borrow and invest. The study should be required reading for anyone looking at ways to effectively invest in reducing poverty.

Feb 10, 2007

Niger’s Greening Brings New Possibilities for Cash

The current greening of Niger puts the into question whether environmental degradation really is an intractable problem in impoverished regions.

Jan 24, 2007

Urban Migration: A Solution Bred from No Alternative

More than 200 million Chinese from rural areas are migrating to cities in search of work, often leaving their children behind. While this move toward the city seems inexorable, some creative people are thinking up ways to present the rural poor with alternatives.

Dec 12, 2006

Microlending Highlights Rift Between Nonprofits and Social Businesses

For-profit ventures with a social mission have the benefit of an automatic yardstick to measure whether their approach is working: profitability. Except that profitability is not the only way to measure whether something works, and as the trend in philanthropreneurship gains momentum it might usurp nonprofit funding.

Nov 24, 2006

What Works, An Analysis

A recent New York Times article highlights eight programs that work to reduce poverty in the developing world. An article like this one puts a stake in the ground with a focus on the effectiveness of anti-poverty efforts. But it doesn’t do away with the need to apply general knowledge to specific situations.

Oct 20, 2006

Increased Role of Remittances

When we look back in 10 years, it’s likely we’ll conclude that the most powerful international anti-poverty efforts of the first world were remittances made by immigrants.

Sep 08, 2006

Low-Tech Approaches to Water Yield Better Results

Governments have tried to alleviate irrigation challenges in water-poor areas by investing in high-cost, high-tech irrigation projects. But the large-scale route is not the solution according to the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, as reported by The Economist.

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