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  • The Opt-Out Solution

    Tina Rosenberg

    November 01, 2010 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Minnesota

    Americans don’t save enough - in 2005, Americans’ personal savings rate was negative for the first time since the Great Depression ─ instead of piling up savings, we are piling up debt. Two behavioral economics columns on how switching signup for a 401K plan from opt-in (say yes to be enrolled) to opt-out (say no to be un-enrolled) dramatically raises enrollment rates.

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  • Filling the Gap Between Farm and Fair Trade

    David Bornstein

    October 25, 2010 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Nicaragua, Managua, Managua

    The non-profit Root Capital created a lending initiative in Mexico which helps mid-size rural farmers gain access to capital, skills, and consumer markets from which they would otherwise be excluded.

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  • Social Entrepreneur Peru: Albina Ruiz and the Ciudad Saludable

    Matthias Kopp

    September 02, 2008 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Peru, Pucallpa

    Albina Ruiz, founder of the social enterprise Ciudad Saludable, works with people living in areas dominated by the trash dump to create a more formal system of waste removal for their health and the wider city's cleanliness. Workers who collect and recycle the waste are now employed by the city, own a micro-business, and no longer work under a social stigma. At the same time their efforts to clean up the city are working well, and the model is spreading to other Peruvian cities.

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  • Grocery cooperatives help keep small towns alive

    Nafeesa Syeed

    January 14, 2007 |

    The Spokesman-Review |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Anita, Iowa

    Anita, Iowa faced many of the same challenges as other small towns when the last local grocer closed amid competition with large chains like Costco and Walmart. But when its residents realized the value of a local "mom-and-pop" food purveyor to the town's economy, they created the Anita Grocery Cooperative and a board to oversee it. The Coop marks a testament to collective action, resilience, and sustainable, locally-sourced solutions.

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  • Shame of the city: Signs of hope in helping S.F. homeless turn lives around / On-site medical, psychiatric aid makes housing program work at reasonable cost

    Kevin Fagan

    May 09, 2004 |

    San Francisco Chronicle |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    In the U.S. most supportive housing programs have a 75 percent turnover rate, meaning people end up in the streets again. Direct Access to Housing in California manages a turnover rate of only 15 percent by providing a home, counseling, and financial management.

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