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Sarasota: A glimpse into American poverty's future

Amy Kaslow

June 29, 2015 |

Fortune |

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Response Location: United States, Sarasota, Florida

In Sarasota, Florida, residents invested in change contend that for the poor to move beyond survival mode and break a multi-generational cycle, they need a wraparound strategy, rather than one-off or isolated services. The community is slowly growing programs like the Gulf Coast Community Foundation, which helps to fund and support comprehensive programs that build sustainable change. This article explores solutions being pursued by the county from job training for adults to after school support for students.

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Poverty solutions that actually work

Lane Anderson

June 24, 2015 |

Deseret News |

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Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

Researchers from Yale and MIT conducted a poverty study across various countries and found that aid can relieve poverty if it is comprehensive and gives people a productive asset.

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Cleveland Wants to Make Sure the Next Wright Brothers Come From the Rust Belt

Lee Chilcote

June 22, 2015 |

Next City |

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Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

Northeast Ohio and other former industrial regions are finding a new way to bounce back: investing in hardware startup companies. Technologies from improved 3D printers to tools for livestreaming to aerospace applications are showing that not all investment dollars need to go to Silicon Valley software companies. In fact, cities like Cleveland and Pittsburgh can play on their strengths in manufacturing and are seeing that investment dollars are more likely to flow to hardware companies.

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New data reveals which approach to helping the poor actually works

Dean Karlan

June 17, 2015 |

Reuters |

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Response Location: Ethiopia, Korom

For years, policymakers have debated different approaches to helping the poor , but new data offers resounding evidence for a strategy that works: an approach known as a “Graduation” program. This method offers participants a “productive asset” to generate income with training on how to use it, as well as the resources (such as healthcare, food, loans, and coaching) to maintain the asset while building a pathway out of poverty.

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Upward Mobility for the World's Destitute

Tina Rosenberg

May 15, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Bangladesh, Rangpur, Rajshahi Division

Though poverty rates are dropping worldwide, the 'ultrapoor' tend to stay where they are. BRAC works to break the poverty cycle by donating money-making assets mixed with cash and food grants.

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Can mobile homes save home ownership?

Lane Anderson

April 27, 2015 |

Deseret News |

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Response Location: United States, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Thirty-five percent of Americans will never own their home and risk a rent increase or eviction. Owned Communities USA enables working-class families to become home owners through manufactured homes, loans, and legal aid.

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Carbon Pricing Helping Farmers Ease Methane Pollution

John Upton

April 24, 2015 |

Climate Central |

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Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

The government wants more farmers turning waste methane into biogas to help combat the negative effects of global climate change. California is leading the initiative, largely through a cap-and-trade program.

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In India, Profitable Farming With Fewer Chemicals

Sylvia Rowley

April 24, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: India, Telangana

In India, many farmers, especially women farmers, have transitioned to organic farming. While it requires a serious set of skills and knowledge, organic farming increases yields and decreases costs by eliminating the need to buy pesticides. The move is both ecological and economical, and the Indian government is trying to spread the solution.

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Anchored in hope: How Toronto is learning from Cleveland's return to prosperity

Sara Mojtehedzadeh

April 18, 2015 |

Toronto Star |

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Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

After decades of economic and social despair that once saw it named the poorest big city in America, Cleveland has become a model of revitalization, thanks to a unique “anchor strategy” that harnesses the immense wealth and power of the city’s public institutions.

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Ajo, Arizona: Oasis in the Desert

Deborah Fallows

April 01, 2015 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: United States, Ajo, Arizona

Redeveloping and repurposing unused real estate provides a path toward economic revitalization. With a combination of public and private grants, the nonprofit group, International Sonoran Desert Alliance (ISDA), has purchased and redeveloped real estate in the town of Ajo, Arizona. The renovated town plaza and Curley School complex contain retail spaces, artist studios, and even house community gardens of the Ajo Center for Sustainable Agriculture.

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