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Category: Poverty Alleviation
There are 130 entries in this category.
Feb 22, 2008
Bush’s Africa Trip Promises Money to Follow
President Bush’s support for Africa has been one of the highlights of his administration. In a much sited statistic, official aid to Africa has doubled on his watch, and if current commitments are met could lead to it doubling again within two more years.
Feb 18, 2008
Free Trade, Fair Trade and Poverty
It is extremely difficult in today’s globalized, complex economies to separate causes and correlations. While the US corn that Mexico is importing is not directly competing with the white corn crops produced by peasant farmers, the fact remains that the prices received by farmers in Mexico has fallen by roughly 70 percent since Nafta was implemented. At the same time, the cost of tortillas and corn flour purchased in Mexican supermarkets has increased dramatically. There are plenty of possible explanations for this that have nothing to do with Nafta, but common sense dictates that there is probably some relation.
Feb 13, 2008
Top Five: Books on Development
The following books represent some of the most compelling explanations of how our world got this way, as well as theories of what is needed to stimulate economic development in the impoverished world. Though the ideas are at times incompatible, together these books provide a readable overview of current thinking.
Feb 13, 2008
The Bottom Billion in the News
Recent news events from some of the world’s poorer regions are providing more real-life examples of Paul Collier’s main theories from The Bottom Billion. In his book, and illuminated in our recent interview, Collier argues that there are four under-researched “traps” that lock a handful of the world’s countries, with a total population of close to one billion, in a cycle of despair.
Feb 01, 2008
A Jump-Start Round-Up
After an extended holiday hiatus we are back with a round up of some worthwhile reads from the past month.
Dec 12, 2007
How Business Can Aid in the Fight Against Global Poverty
There are no easy answers to the eradication of poverty. There is no ‘one size fits all’ or a single solution. Poverty will ultimately be solved when good governments are installed that will create the environment for vibrant economic activity to take place. It will not be solved by grand projects run by governments but which offer poor returns on their investments. An enterprise-based strategy will lay the groundwork for a better educated and resourced next generation, to transform their nations and make poverty history.
Dec 10, 2007
Recent Themes Roundup
There has been a spate of stories recently covering a few recurring themes at Beyond Philanthropy: business development in sub-Saharan Africa, food policy, and effective giving.
Dec 04, 2007
Cheetahs, Free Trade, Growth and Subsidies: Is this African Boom Different?
There is plenty of good news coming from Africa these days—not least of which is that average economic growth on the continent exceeds the world average growth. Much of the growth in sub-Saharan Africa is being driven by a new generation of African entrepreneurs, powered by business reforms, access to credit and such programs as the U.S.‘ African Growth and Opportunity Act (which allows for free trade with U.S. for African manufactured goods). George Ayittey, a Ghanain economist, refers to these entrepreneurial leaders as “cheetahs”—fast, flexible, and aggressive in exploiting newfound opportunities.
Nov 05, 2007
Will more agriculture in Africa help Africans eat?
The importance of a well-fed population to growth and prosperity is obvious. What does not seem clear, however, is the direct link these reports – and the reporting done on them – seem to draw between agriculture as a sector and large-scale decreases in poverty.
Oct 30, 2007
Farm Bills and Food Stamps
Given all the reporting on the many problems with current farm policy that has been done in the past year by publications from across the political spectrum it is baffling how the new farm bill can get passed looking even worse than it did before.