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Blog Entries by Jonathan Lewis from 02/2011

4 Percent of Us Consume 50 Percent of All Health Care

| Posted 02.08.2011 | Impact
Read More: Cambodia, Polio, American Health Care, Measles, Water, Angkor Hospital for Children, Vaccines, American Health Care System, Health Care Debate, Plastic Surgery, Health Care, Impact News

Our humanity, if not our common sense, tells us that something is wrong when 4 percent of the world's population consumes half of the world's health care.

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Paraguayan Tagged for 2011 Achievement Award for Combating Poverty

| Posted 02.14.2011 | Impact
Read More: Fundación Paraguaya, Microfinance, Opportunity Collaboration, Martin Burt, Economic Development, Teach a Man to Fish, Impact News

For over 25 years, Martin Burt has been a pioneer in applying microfinance, microfranchise, youth entrepreneurship and financial literacy to address chronic poverty in Paraguay.

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Students: Big Hearts, Big Brains

| Posted 02.21.2011 | Impact
Read More: UC Berkeley, World Learning, Social Enterpreneurship, Ashoka, Global Poverty, Blum Center, College Students, Said, Impact News

The smartest students know that it is not enough to be well-intentioned. They are acquiring the executive skills required to pit their talents against the scourge of global poverty.

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Are Libraries Stacked Against the Free Market?

| Posted 02.28.2011 | Impact
Read More: Public Library, Social Entrepreneurship, Impact News

From Mexico to Malaysia, from the United States to the United Arab Emirates, a global natural experiment is underway.

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