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Business
How Not to Save the World, or Why the LifeStraw Is a Stupid Idea
Kevin Starr of the Mulago Foundation gives an eye-opening talk, eviscerating several of the most darling ideas in economic development.
Education
Bringing Back the WPA (Because the Government Hasn't)
How we've taken the old Work Projects Administration and made it new again. I have to admit, when the stock market collapsed and America's...
Business
How TOMS and Buy-One-Give-One Really Help
Do TOMS shoes—and all donations of goods—hurt the poor more than they help? One expert weighs in.
Lifestyle
Join the Gates Foundation's MDG Photo Campaign
Participate in a photo project in which we each present our vision of a better global future.
Business
Game Changing Eyeglasses for the Developing World that Work for Every Prescription
Adaptive eyeglasses eliminate the need for an optician, potentially making it affordable for hundreds of millions of people to see clearly.
Business
Five of the Most Exciting Innovators Shaking Up Global Development
These five organizations are on to something. See how they are making lives better in sustainable, scalable and social important ways.
Business
Six Ideas for Buy-One-Give-One Businesses that Help the Poor
As you may have heard, TOMS now offers sunglasses along with shoes. Here are a few more "buy one, give one" ideas we'd like to see happen.
Technology
Can Cell Phones Really Save the Planet?
Sort of. It's not the gadget that will make the difference-but what we do with it. The Center for American Progress' Bracken Hendricks explains.
Business
Defusing Africa's Population Bomb: There's No Need to Fear Nigerian Babies
Debunking the latest batch of population hysteria—this time, sub-Saharan Africa's big families have Chicken Littles losing their cool.
Environment
In Benin, Solar-Powered Irrigation Pollutes Less and Produces More
Solar power and drip irrigation have improved the lives of people living in poverty. But few had ever tried combining the two.
Business
Why Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Should Lead the World Bank
Behind the race for the leadership of one of the globe's most important poverty-fighting institutions.
Business
Admitting Failure: Water Groups Stress Metrics to Improve Aid
The problem isn’t just that water pumps break: Lacking monitoring, they stay broken.
News
A Sprawl Fighting Fixit Guide
Galina Tachieva, author of The Sprawl Repair Manual, rethinks the suburbs-from empty big box retailers to bubble era McMansions.
Cities
Affordable Housing Law Could Open Connecticut's 'Gold Coast' to the 99 Percent
The 8-30g law strong-arms towns into approving construction plans that include affordable housing.
Business
Welcome to Kawempe: Photos of Social Enterprise in Uganda
Visit Kawempe, a slum outside of Kampala, Uganda, where social enterprise is providing economic opportunity and fighting disease.
Environment
How India Jump-Started Its Solar Economy
India has 30 times more solar power today than two years ago. How'd the country do it?
Business
Back to the Foundry: Can a Jewelry Company Really Prevent Conflict in Africa?
Social entrepreneur Peter Thum fields readers' questions about his company, Fonderie 47.
Environment
Global Village Construction Set: Open Source Design for a Modern, Off-Grid Community
A group of farmer-scientists are building a civilization from scratch in rural Missouri, and they invite anyone, anywhere to copy their plans.
