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  • Eastport, Maine: The Little Town That Might

    January 31, 2014 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Eastport, Maine

    The small town of Eastport, Maine turned its economy around by tuning in to and making use of its unique geographical features, like being the eastern-most point in the country. The town has reinvigorated its port to take advantage of its close (relative to other US ports) proximity to Europe and its ability to create electricity from the power of the tides.

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  • Refurbished Wind Turbines to Power the Developing World at a Profit

    January 30, 2014 |

    Triple Pundit |

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    Response Location: United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, Emirate of Abu Dhabi

    The commercially-based Wind for Prosperity initiative may have devised a solution to meet growing demands for electricity in developing economies, where fossil fuels are expensive, difficult to access, and take a toll on environmental and human health. The venture works to refurbish wind turbines from Europe and re-deploy them in the developing world, providing clean and affordable power where it’s needed most.

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  • Playing With Toys and Saving Lives

    January 29, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Nicaragua, Jinotepe, Carazo

    Many different people are inventing health devices for resource-poor settings, but some organizations - like M.I.T.’s Little Devices group - are empowering developing communities and increasing access to healthcare by building medical devices that nurses and doctors in very poor settings can adapt themselves — or kits for making their own, often harvesting parts from toys to cleverly rig up medical equipment. It’s part of a major idea shift, one that’s transforming the design of foreign aid.

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  • The Fayetteville Observer's search for crime solutions takes us to Memphis

    January 26, 2014 |

    Fayetteville Observer |

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    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    In Memphis, “school officials, politicians, business leaders, preachers, nonprofit organizations and everyday residents” came together to fight crime in a strategy known as Collective Impact. Could this approach help other cities like Fayetteville fight crime?

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  • How India became polio-free

    January 15, 2014 |

    Deseret News |

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    Response Location: India, New Delhi, Delhi

    India has been able to eradicate polio through large-scale logistics, highly organized vaccine teams, proper funding, and accountability of health officials and front-line workers.

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  • The Best Fix for High Unemployment? Prevent Companies From Laying Off Workers

    January 09, 2014 |

    National Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Providence, Rhode Island

    The unemployment crisis is a hard thing to solve - businesses sometimes have no choice but to let workers go. An innovative program tries to prevent joblessness by temporarily paying a portion of workers’ salaries at struggling companies.

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  • In the Long War on Poverty, Small Victories That Matter

    January 08, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A panoply of responses to poverty has emerged to address poverty in the United States and abroad. The responses share in three key tactics: Measuring impact, paying for success, and collaboration.

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  • How can Milwaukee County's broken mental health system be fixed?

    November 05, 2013 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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    Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

    Milwaukee County’s mental health system put more resources in expensive emergency care rather than invest in programs that offer continual care. As a result, Milwaukee County identifies nine solutions from other cities that have had success in repairing mental health systems. Solutions include the ending of reliance on emergency care, expand community support programs, change laws, and supportive housing.

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  • HealthCare.gov is busted. These four state exchanges aren't.

    October 25, 2013 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Kentucky

    Accessible affordable health care is needed for millions of uninsured Americans. The Affordable Care Act is a viable solution that helps the uninsured. Although the launching of the website had some glitches, many states designed their own insurance marketplace and have successfully signed up people for coverage.

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  • India Increases Effort to Harness Biomass Energy

    October 08, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: India, Punjab

    With 60 percent of India's population relying on agriculture for living, the country faces a dire challenge of what to do with accumulated agricultural waste. Instead of burning it, as they traditionally would do, they are harnessing biomass energy that directly supplies the country's electrical grid.

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