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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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Business
Amber Waves of Gain: One Woman's Cereal Business Fights Malnutrition
An African cereal company is competing with international giants to fight malnutrition and build economic self-sufficiency.
Business
Five Simple Ways to Help Haiti
Yep, you can do something to help get Haiti back on its feet.
News
Reconstruction Zone: Chronicling Haiti's Post-Quake Struggles
“Nobody faced what we have faced here in Haiti.”
Design
Using Discarded Bottles as the Foundation of Education
A new school in the Philippines takes the ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ mantra to the extreme, making whole buildings out of discarded bottles.
Environment
The United Nations Says Sustainable Energy Will Go Worldwide in 2012
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling for universal energy access by 2030.
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
T-Shirt Remix: Recycling America's Used Clothes for Social Impact
Your old t-shirts got shipped to Africa. Project Repat's local artisans recycle and remix them for resale, creating jobs and social impact.
