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India Offers Training, Funding to Spur Growth in Tibetan Entrepreneurs

Amy Yee

January 20, 2016 |

Voice of America (VOA) |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: India, Dharamsala

Tibetan youth face high levels of unemployment in India, and an entrepreneurship training program is trying to change that by helping young people start their own companies. TED, the Tibetan Entrepreneurship Development Initiative, offers seed funding and business training to aspiring founders with the hopes of fostering economic growth to the Tibetan community in India.

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Impressive New Scores for Newark Charters Raise an Awkward Question: Did City Pick the Wrong Strategy?

Richard Whitmire

January 12, 2016 |

The 74 |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Newark, New Jersey

Impressive PARCC scores for Newark charters beg the question—did city choose wrong strategy? The charter schools were able to bring in students' parents and fill holes in students' knowledge by starting with the basics in math and reading.

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Innovators Changing Education, Health By Thinking Outside The Box

Jenny Chen

December 18, 2015 |

The Huffington Post |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Camden, Maine

This year’s Poptech Conference, a 19-year-old gathering for thinkers and world-changers, celebrated hybrid thinking across industry sectors, or “when disciplinary boundaries fall by the wayside" - four of their projects are discussed.

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In one of Africa's largest slums, these girls saved to solve a problem

Marco Werman

December 14, 2015 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi, Nairobi

Girls from the Nairobi slum of Kibera had a problem: They could not attend school because they could not afford sanitary pads. Absent government help, they decided to form a savings group, depositing and investing money.

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For Young Saudi Women, Video Games Offer Self-Expression

Deborah Amos

December 09, 2015 |

NPR |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Riyadh Province

In Saudi Arabia, female gamers were barred from gaming conventions so an all-female gaming convection was born, offering women a place of self expression and encouraging careers in science and computer programming.

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Microloans Don't Solve Poverty

Ben Casselman

December 08, 2015 |

FiveThirtyEight |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Malawi

The research on microfinance suggests that it might neither help nor hurt poor communities, although a major financing organization argues that the researchers employed the wrong approach to measuring impact.

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The Formal World Economy Was Failing Women and Small Farmers. So This Guy Built a New One.

Gila Lyons

December 08, 2015 |

GOOD Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Colombia, Cartagena

The Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership develops enterprises that foster sustainable economic development, focusing especially on empowering farmers and women.

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Building Greener Ships, to Keep the Sea From Rising

Henry Fountain

December 08, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Puerto Rico, San Juan, San Juan

With projections that global shipping could account for 16 percent of carbon emissions by 2050, experts are looking to natural gas and so-called "slow steaming" to limit energy consumption.

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Africa's Future is Clean Energy

Wanjohi Kabukuru

December 04, 2015 |

African Business Magazine |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Oromia

At the mention of “clean energy” in Africa, six countries stand out as beacons of the change to new, clean future energy sources on the continent, boosted by foreign investment.

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The Solar Company Making a Profit on Poor Africans

Stephan Faris

December 02, 2015 |

Bloomberg |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Kenya

Since its commercial launch in 2012, M-Kopa has grown to exceed expectations for its revenue--now making more than $12 million a year. The company does this all while expanding access to affordable technology to the poorest rural population in Kenya, as well as providing them with credit and promoting green practices.

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