Category: Microenterprise

An Anti-Poverty Program That Really Works

May 21, 2015

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mwkruse

in Economic Development, Microenterprise, Poverty

Pacific Standard: An Anti-Poverty Program That Really Works "The study, run by an international team of economists, included 10,495 households in Ethiopia, Ghana, Honduras, India, Pakistan, and Peru. Almost half of the families in the study lived on less than $1.25 a day. The specifics of Graduation varied by country, but the basic premise was the same.…
Economic Development Links

Apr 8, 2014

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mwkruse

in Africa, Capitalism and Markets, China, Demography, Economic Development, Environment, Europe, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, Immigration, India, Links – Economic Development, Microenterprise, Politics, Poverty, Public Policy, Sociology, Technology (Food & Water), Technology (Manufacturing & Construction)), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

1. You Decide: Save the People or Save the Planet #StopTheMyth 2. New York Times: The End of the ‘Developing World’ BILL GATES, in his foundation’s annual letter, declared that “the terms ‘developing countries’ and ‘developed countries’ have outlived their usefulness.” He’s right. If we want to understand the modern global economy, we need a…
Saturday Links

Jul 20, 2013

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mwkruse

in Africa, Business, Capitalism and Markets, Crime, Demography, Economic Development, Education, History, Kansas City, Links – Saturday, Microenterprise, Politics, Public Policy, Race, Religion, Social Media, Sociology, Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Technology (Energy), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

1. Public Religion Research Institute: Survey | Do Americans Believe Capitalism and Government are Working?: Religious Left, Religious Right and the Future of the Economic Debate 2. Gallup reports Sub-Saharan Africa Is Wildly Optimistic About Its Future 3. U.S. could lead world oil production by 2017, study says Domestic shale oil production could shoot up…
Saturday Links

Jun 8, 2013

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mwkruse

in Africa, Business, Christian Life, Culture, Demography, Economic Development, Economic News, Generations, Links – Saturday, Microenterprise, Religion, Science, Sociology, Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Theology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Vocation, Wealth and Income

1. Loved this one: 22 Maps That Show How Americans Speak English Totally Differently From Each Other. Here is one example. 2. In print and on stage, the Bible makes surprise comeback in secular Norway 3. Japan enters the African aid game: Japan $1 billion aid earmarked for northern Africa 4. The Economist had a…
Kenya’s mobile telephones: Vital for the poor

Nov 12, 2012

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mwkruse

in Africa, Business, Economic Development, Microenterprise, Poverty, Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet)

Economist: Kenya's mobile telephones: Vital for the poor AFRICA'S "mobile decade", when telephones at last reached most corners of the continent, has meant a huge improvement in the lives of the poor. But quantifying it is hard. How useful can a mobile phone be to someone living on less than $2.50 a day, the World…
Incubating women’s businesses in the Palestinian territories

Oct 31, 2012

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mwkruse

in Business, Economic Development, Gender and Sex, Microenterprise, Poverty

Christian Science Monitor: Incubating women's businesses in the Palestinian territories Tomorrow’s Youth Organization based in Nablus, on the West Bank, helps promising new women's businesses survive. … TYO’s Women’s Incubation Services for Entrepreneurs (WISE) brought back six businesses that had developed a foundation from their initial women’s entrepreneurship program—Fostering Women Entrepreneurs in Nablus, and recruited…
Abhijit Banerjee: ‘The poor, probably rightly, see that their chances of getting somewhere different are minimal’

Apr 27, 2012

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mwkruse

in Economic Development, Economics, International Affairs, Microenterprise, Politics, Poverty, Public Policy, Sociology

Guardian: Abhijit Banerjee: 'The poor, probably rightly, see that their chances of getting somewhere different are minimal' The author of Poor Economics on why aid that assumes the poor will do the right thing is misguided – and why political corruption does not necessarily mean economic stagnation. … Until Poor Economics appeared last year, the…
Extra credit

Dec 14, 2011

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mwkruse

in Business, Microenterprise

Boston Herald: Extra credit Program lets students lend a hand to local entrepreneurs. College students looking for real-world experience and a way to make a difference have a unique opportunity to immerse themselves in the world of microfinance. The Campus Microfinance Alliance is a nonprofit coalition of student-run microfinance groups that have lent more than…
Urban homesteaders plant seeds of change in Kansas City

Sep 28, 2011

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mwkruse

in Christian Life, Economic Development, Environment, Kansas City, Microenterprise, Poverty, Social Media

KansasCity.com: Urban homesteaders plant seeds of change in Kansas City Jason and Candy Fields’ backyard in the Lykins neighborhood — one of the most blighted areas in Kansas City — is a patchwork quilt of urban farming ventures. There are a vegetable garden fertilized with nutrient-rich fish waste and a lush swath of bamboo stalks…
Sewing Her Way Out of Poverty

Sep 19, 2011

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mwkruse

in Africa, Economic Development, Microenterprise

New York Times: Sewing Her Way Out of Poverty I came to Kenya partly to help make a PBS documentary about empowering women as a way to lift families and communities — men included — out of poverty. And I promptly met a prostitute-turned-businesswoman who epitomizes that theme. … … In Jamii Bora, Jane was…