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Changing Lives With Spare Change: My Two Cents on Microfinance

Yeardley Smith | Posted 12.03.2009 | Impact

Read More: Grameen-Bank, Global Development, Microfinancing for Women, Poverty, Microfinance, Grameen Bank, Grameen, Global-Development, Microfinancing-for-Women, Yeardley Smith, Global Poverty, Impact News
Yeardley Smith

I love the microfinance approach because instead of being a welfare model, it's a model that puts the recipient at the center of the solution. And in doing so, the victory is a thousand times sweeter.

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'Coming Together As One' Campaign Encourages Youth To Fight Poverty

Posted 12.01.2009 | Impact

Read More: John Cho, HIV/AIDS, Hayden Panettiere, Poverty, Leighton Meester, Malaria, Corbin Bleu, Global Poverty, one.org, HIV/AIDS Africa, Fighting Malaria, Bono, World AIDS Day, Impact News

Young stars Hayden Panettiere, John Cho, Corbin Bleu, Leighton Meester and others have joined ONE.org to encourage college students to join their camp...

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Climate Change Hits Women Harder, So Where Are the Feminist Voices?

Anushay Hossain | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Climate Change, Women, Women's Rights, Unfpa, Poverty, United Nations, South Asia, Global Poverty, Bangladesh, Un, Feminism, Green News
Anushay Hossain

It's the world's poor who will feel the impact of this change the hardest. And who exactly are the poor? Women, who make up approximately 65% of the world's poorest populations.

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The End of Poverty?

Wayne Trujillo | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Martin Sheen, Poverty, Philippe Diaz, An Inconvenient Truth, Documentaries, Global Poverty, Film, Movies, Global Warming, New York News
Wayne Trujillo

In anticipation of the film's premiere on Nov. 13 in New York, Director Philipe Diaz spoke with me to discuss the film's aspirations -- spurring a grassroots effort to banish poverty.

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The Story of One Day's Wages

Eugene Cho | Posted 10.30.2009 | Impact

Read More: One Day's Wages, Poverty, Global Poverty, World Hunger, Water Crisis, Water, Impact News
Eugene Cho

In 2009, my wife and I made our decision to donate our income to the cause of fighting extreme global poverty. We'd like to invite you to do some of the same.

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How to Save the World With Sanitation

Rose George | Posted 10.27.2009 | World

Read More: World in Photos, Global Development, Global Poverty, World, Water, Africa, Sanitation, World Photos, World News, Rose George, World News
Rose George

Food and water contamination kills more children than AIDS, malaria, or measles, combined. Human waste is an impressive weapon of mass destruction. So here's what's being done about it.

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From Chewing Gum To Chocolate: 76 Innovations To Improve Global Health Backed By Gates Foundation

medicalnewstoday.com | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Globalgiving, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Developing World, Developing Countries, Pneumonia, World Health, Malaria, Bill Gates, Global Poverty, Tuberculosis, Living News

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is funding 76 projects using innovative ideas from chewing gum to chocolate to improve global health, and that of ...

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Kelly McCormack's Inspirational Example

Al Eisele | Posted 10.23.2009 | World

Read More: Spanish, Mexico, Guatemala, The Hill, Global Poverty, Poverty, Peace Corps, World News
Al Eisele

McCormack, a 26-year-old former reporter for the Hill, is completing a two-year stint as a Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala.

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Welcome to Pittsburgh: What Can the G-20 Do?

Danny Schechter | Posted 11.24.2009 | World

Read More: Seattle, Obama, Global Poverty, Protest, Financial Reform, Economic Crisis, g20, World News
Danny Schechter

I am sure no right-wing Teabaggers and 9-12ers will be out supporting this anti-government fight for economic justice.

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President Obama and the Spirit of Global Development Partnership

Noam Unger | Posted 11.23.2009 | World

Read More: Foreign Aid, Social Innovation, Noam Unger, Public/Private Partnerships, Jane Nelson, Obama Service, Corporate Social Responsibility, Foreign Assistance, Obama Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Innovation Fund, Clinton Global Initiative, Johannes Linn, Homi Kharas, Global Poverty, Development, Brookings Institution, World News
Noam Unger

Obama's speech was a call for a new spirit of global partnership, emphasizing that real progress in lifting millions out of poverty and countering transnational threats cannot be made by governments alone.

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The Most Progressive Movement on the Planet

Michael Strong | Posted 08.15.2009 | World

Read More: Creativity, Legal System, Law, Global Poverty, Poverty, Economics, War, World News
Michael Strong

What if we could apply the power of creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship to the problem of poverty reduction?

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G8's Killer Failure on Africa - Millions of Children at Risk

World Vision | Posted 08.09.2009 | World

Read More: Child Mortality, Global Poverty, Sub-Saharan Africa, African-Aid, G8 Summit, Maternal Mortality, World News
World Vision

We know that when the G8 chooses to act it can make a real impact on child deaths. But this summit's failure on aid for Africa suggests a real low point.

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It's Over: The Tragedy of the Millennium Development Goals

William Easterly | Posted 08.06.2009 | World

Read More: Foreign Aid, Global Financial Crisis, Global Poverty, Millennium-Development-Goals, United Nations, Economic Development, Africa, World News
William Easterly

The point of the Millennium Development Goals campaign was that it precisely defined success and failure using specific goals. So on its own terms, it is a failure.

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Local Purchase Means Better Foreign Aid

David Beckmann | Posted 07.26.2009 | World

Read More: Foreign Aid, Hunger, Global Poverty, Poverty, World Hunger, Foreign Policy, World News
David Beckmann

Our current foreign aid system continues to mandate that the large majority of U.S. food aid be from U.S.-grown commodities that are sourced and shipped from the U.S. This must change.

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Where Poverty and Culture Intersect: Embracing Local Traditions to Better Fight Poverty

Ivonne A-Baki | Posted 07.11.2009 | World

Read More: United National Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, Poverty, Unesco, World Poverty, Arts, Global Poverty, Culture, Millennium Challenge Corporation, World News
Ivonne A-Baki

If the world's poor are to pull themselves out of extreme poverty and onto the path of development, culture is both a means and ends for doing so.

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Amnesty International Confuses Poverty and Human Rights

William Easterly | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

Read More: Amnesty International, Human Rights, Global Poverty, Economic Development, World News
William Easterly

Calling poverty a "human rights violation" does not point to any concrete actions that the "violator" must stop in order to restore rights to the "violated."

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Sachsterly

Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort | Posted 10.04.2009 | World

Read More: Jeffrey Sachs, Poverty, Economics, John Maynard Keynes, Marshall Plan, Microfinance, Bill Easterly, Global Poverty, Dambisa Moyo, World News
Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort

The rescue of the bottom billion is only a reality if Mr. Sachs and Mr. Easterly put their outstanding intellectual skills to work instead of trying to win a debate that academics will perpetuate so long as they exist.

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"Game-Changing Pick" Under Consideration to Head New Foreign Assistance Effort

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Equity, Paul Farmer, Pepfar, Health, US Foreign Policy, Global Poverty, Foreign Assistance, Politics News
Jodi Jacobson

Dr. Paul Farmer expressed eagerness to take the post if it entails reorganizing U.S. foreign assistance, and if he has widespread grassroots support from the global health community.

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Urbanization Leading To The Rise Of Slums (AUDIO)(SLIDESHOW)

Worldfocus | Posted 06.13.2009 | World

Read More: Urbanization, Poverty, Slums, Foreign Affairs, United Nations, Urbanization and Slums, Global Poverty, Poor People, Advocacy, World News

The year 2007 was a turning point for the world, marking the first time when the majority of the global population lived in cities rather than in t...

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Kiva.org: Change The World With $25 And A Click

Janet Kinosian | Posted 05.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Third World Poverty, Kiva.org, Poverty, Kiva, Micro-Loans, Online Donations, Global Banking, Entrepreneurs, Donations, Global Poverty, Online Banking, Premal Shah, World Finance, Living News
Janet Kinosian

For as little as $25, anyone in the world can log on to kiva.org and loan an entrepreneur somewhere in the world the money to improve their business.

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Is Aid Really "Dead"?

Carol Peasley | Posted 05.22.2009 | World

Read More: Dead Aid, Women, Global Health, Women's Issues, Foreign Affairs, International Relations, Global Poverty, Dambisa Moyo, Foreign Policy, Malawi, World News
Carol Peasley

Calling aid "dead" may sell books, but it does little to further the real debate. Too much is at stake for oversimplification. It's really her premise that should be dead on arrival.

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Following the London Summit, What's Next for the World Economy?

Jake Colvin | Posted 05.15.2009 | Business

Read More: International Trade, Poverty, Global Economy, World Trade Organization, London Summit, Trade, Globalization, Global Financial Crisis, Global Poverty, International-Development, Global Economic Crisis, Economic Recession, Economic Crisis, Recession, Business News
Jake Colvin

The current economic climate presents a real danger to international stability and, ultimately, to U.S. national security. The time is right for a renewed commitment to trade.

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Pirates and Poverty

John Graham | Posted 05.15.2009 | World

Read More: Pirates, Poverty, National Security, Terrorism, Somalia Pirates, Piracy, Somali Pirates, Somalia, Global Poverty, Afghanistan, Pakistan, World News
John Graham

Piracy in Somalia, like terrorism, is an act of violence fed not just by ideology or greed, but by the indifference of the developed world to the fate of poor, distant, lawless places where desperation grows unchecked.

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NGO Leaders Challenge G-20 Summit To Expand Scope

Huffington Post Contributors | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

Read More: Greenpeace International, G8, Rich Versus Poor Countries, Plan International, Global Economy, G20 Summit, Low Income Countries, International Save the Children Alliance, Third World, President Barack Obama, Action Aid, World Bank, Imf, China, Amnesty International, London, Care International, Unemployment, Global Financial Crisis, World Vision International, Global Poverty, Oxfam International, g20, G-20, G-20 Summit, London-United Kingdom, United Kingdom, World News

By: Irene Khan - Secretary General, Amnesty International Dr Gerd Leipold - Executive Director, Greenpeace International Jeremy Hobbs - Executive Dir...

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Obama Administration's First Test on Global Poverty

Ruth Messinger | Posted 04.25.2009 | World

Read More: Debt Relief, Ruth Messinger, Timothy Geithner, Global Poverty, Tim Geithner, Barack Obama, President Obama, G-20, World News
Ruth Messinger

Responding to the increased hardship in developing countries caused by an economic crisis not of their making will be the first test of the administration's commitment to addressing global poverty.

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