In an effort to boost its social responsibility, Adidas is planning to make "one Euro shoes" for the millions of people around the world who cannot af...
Eli Davidson | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living
Having an idea and taking a small action has the power to change your life. You have the power to take an action that can make a huge difference. What is a problem that you see a solution for?
Richard Walden | Posted 11.03.2009 | Impact
I appreciate the Gates family's, Oprah's, and Madonna's philanthropic work, but they're missing a huge world full of local talent, new ideas and smaller-scale projects crying out for funding.
Posted 10.15.2009 | Business
Amidst the thousands of management tomes published every year, there are only a few truly influential collections of business wisdom. But measuring th...
Jesse Larner | Posted 11.13.2009 | World
Now I know a lot of my friends are going to be very happy about this; a new day has dawned, etc. Personally I found it inexplicable. And disturbing. And vaguely annoying.
Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 10.09.2009 | World
Obama will be thinking of his mother as he receives the highest honor our world can bestow on a living human being. It is a global recognition of not only the hope he brings but what the future can become.
Susan Davis | Posted 10.06.2009 | World
After two years of support -- asset transfers, skill training and social linkages -- over 90% of our program women "graduate" into becoming successful microfinance members.
Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 07.19.2009 | World
At a recent Microfinance Summit, Sam Daley-Harris spoke about making credit available not only to the poorest of the poor, but to those usually excluded from civil society, like beggars and rebels.
Bob Harris | Posted 07.16.2009 | Business
Metaphorically, micro lending is not giving someone a fish, and it's not teaching someone to fish; it's helping a fisherman patch a hole in his rowboat so he can get on with life.
Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort | Posted 10.04.2009 | Business
Microfinance's intellectual debate could be healthy but it oftentimes ends up in intellectual wars that forsake the ultimate goal: the alleviation of extreme poverty.
Julia Moulden | Posted 07.07.2009 | Living
Last week's column posed the question, "Is making a difference only for the rich?" A friend sent me a link to an article from the Guardian newspaper a...
Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort | Posted 10.04.2009 | Business
A global currency would allow emerging economies to borrow in their own currency, avoid currency mismatches and the extreme poor can trade with each other without being exposed to currency risk.
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 06.26.2009 | World
An American list of the top 100 intellectuals was dominated by Muslims in the top 10; the only other American list dominated by Muslims is the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list.
Chip Conley | Posted 06.18.2009 | Business
Modern man has been liberated by prosperity but not fulfilled by it; psychologists and economists are seeking new ways to measure the intangibles of public welfare.
Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 06.17.2009 | Entertainment
The multi-talented Phyllida Lloyd has attached herself to the development of a feature fiction film based on the spread of microcredit around the world.
Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 05.23.2009 | Living
No one can crush the spirit of those who are doing what they love to do, and sharing it with us.
Vickie Karp | Posted 05.20.2009 | Business
Grameen, whose slogan is "banking for the unbanked," now operates in 38 countries providing collateral-free loans to over 7.5 million borrowers.
Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 04.30.2009 | Business
We have seen what happens when Capitalism runs amok and is not inclusive. The problem is not capitalism, it is greed and the lack of the human element.
Julia Moulden | Posted 03.24.2009 | Living
With all the bad news about, you may feel like pulling the covers up over your head and waiting until it's over. That thought has certainly crossed my...
Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 03.08.2009 | Business
Geithner grew up in Zimbabwe, India and Thailand. It would have been impossible for him to not have seen what true poverty is and how his father was helping to establish part of the solution.
Dave Belden | Posted 03.07.2009 | Business
What are we facing, doom or possibility of transformation? My reputation is for seeing the glass half full.
Matthew Bishop | Posted 03.05.2009 | Business
The economic crisis may be the catalyst that sorts out the best non-profits from the also-rans, leading to a sharp increase in the overall effectiveness of the sector.
Alex Raksin | Posted 02.28.2009 | World
What began as a philanthropic movement to empower the working poor has evolved into a new class of social entrepreneurs who have shown that capitalism can generate significant returns in every sense of the word.
Dave Belden | Posted 01.18.2009 | Business
If cleaned up, Ponzi-free, derivative-free capitalism comes out of Madoff scandal, then good may yet come of his madness, and of our system.
Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 12.07.2008 | Business
Perhaps the silver lining in this financial crisis is that we will start focusing on the human part of how we will build a more sustainable future.
Posted 11.17.2009 | Impact