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Helping the World's Poorest, for a Change

Tina Rosenberg

January 07, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Mexico, Mexico City, Distrito Federal

This is a column on an important new development program in use in at least 40 developing countries: give the poor cash payments, contingent on their use of health clinics and their children’s school attendance, to help break the cycle of poverty.

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To Beat Back Poverty, Pay the Poor

Tina Rosenberg

January 03, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

Two columns on the most important new development program today, in use in at least 40 poor countries: give the poor cash payments, contingent on their use of health clinics and their children’s school attendance. These programs, which started in Mexico and Brazil, help the poor now and try to create a generation with less poverty in the future.

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When Lenders Won't Listen

David Bornstein

December 10, 2010 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Ohio

In part, miscommunication between bankers, brokers and homeowners created the 2008 economic crisis. Protection laws mandating better labeling and trusted third-party intermediaries could improve communication and help prevent another crisis.

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How Iran Derailed a Health Crisis

Tina Rosenberg

December 03, 2010 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Iran, Tehran

Two columns on how Iran is treating its massive epidemic of injecting drug use by tackling it as a health problem, effectively lowering H.I.V. rates among drug users using an approach to drugs known as harm reduction.

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Can Democracy Work in Chicago?

Deanna Isaacs

September 16, 2010 |

The Chicago Reader |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

A Chicago Alderman experimented with participatory budgeting, where residents decide how some of their tax money will be spent, by allowing 49th Ward residents to determine how to spend $1.3 million in the district. Residents selected 14 projects, including commissioning murals, creating a dog park and community gardens, purchasing solar-powered garbage compactors, and repaving streets. All projects are moving forward. Over 200 mural proposals were received, which the Alderman’s office narrowed down to 24 choices for community members to vote on. 12 will be funded by the city with stipends for the artists.

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The Burden of Thirst

Tina Rosenberg

April 01, 2010 |

National Geographic |

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Response Location: Ethiopia, Foro, Konso

Foro, a village in southwestern Ethiopia, has suffered from drought conditions for years, leaving the little water the communities can access polluted with waste. While various water projects have been attempted only to be abandoned, groups are working to restore some of these projects by combining technologies with community involvement.

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100 Percent Renewable? One Danish Island Experiments with Clean Power

David Biello

January 19, 2010 |

Scientific American |

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Response Location: Denmark, Tranebjerg

One small island in Denmark is technically 100 percent powered by sustainable sources of energy, giving the island total energy independence.

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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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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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French get a look at nation's UFO files

John Leicester

March 23, 2007 |

NBC News |

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Response Location: France

France was the first country to publicly release documents about government investigations of UFOs and other unexplained phenomena. Around 100,000 documents were released on an online archive, with the oldest record dating back to 1937. The archive includes police and expert reports, witness sketches, maps, and photos, video, and audio recordings. The archive has about 1,650 cases on record and 6,000 witness accounts. Web traffic to the archive exceed expectations. Only 9% of reported strange phenomena have been fully explained, with 28% inexplicable despite precise testimonies and high-quality evidence.

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Reaching into a void: For mayor's team of street crusaders, getting the chronically homeless into housing requires patience as they battle their addictions -- and persistence if they relapse

Kevin Fagan

December 06, 2004 |

SFGate |

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Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

San Francisco's Care Not Cash program began in 2004 in response to the city's homelessness crisis. One facet of the program is an outreach team, whose members regularly visit homeless people on the street to connect them to resources such as housing and drug rehabilitation.

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