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  • The Path From Charity to Profit

    Tina Rosenberg

    May 26, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Indonesia, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta

    In Jakarta’s slums, families can’t buy their children nutritious food. So Mercy Corps started a for-profit chain of food carts selling healthy kids’ meals. A second column highlights the challenges NGOs face when they try to start for-profit businesses.

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  • A Book in Every Home, and Then Some

    David Bornstein

    May 16, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Lack of reading material is not only a third-world problem – many poor families in the United States lack access to and funds for books. A program that helps get books to into the homes of low-income families can boost literacy, and help publishers, too.

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  • Save the Poor by Selling Them Stuff — Cheap

    Vince Beiser

    April 25, 2011 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: United States, Stanford, California

    Despite the trillions of dollars of aid money, donations, and goods gifted to impoverished nations each year, the cycle of poverty fails to break, and conventional thinking has shifted to believing that the poor are best served through opportunity, rather than charity. The concept of "marketing to the base of the pyramid' - creating goods and services catered to the wants and needs of the poor that they purchase at an accessible price - started out as somewhat controversial, but is proving in many cases to be more sustainable and empowering than traditional methods of philanthropy.

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  • On the Web, a Revolution in Giving

    Tina Rosenberg

    March 31, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    New crowdfunding options can help even the smallest donor's contributions to have a meaningful impact, bolstering a sense of personal involvement, maximizing knowledge about causes, and inspiring greater participation.

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  • The Power of Partnerships

    David Bornstein

    March 10, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Cincinnati, Ohio

    Some problems are simply too complex to solve with any single approach. The “collective impact” strategy of creating alliances of civic and business leaders is being applied to social problems across the nation.

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  • How to Grow a Social Business

    Tina Rosenberg

    February 04, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Guatemala, Antigua Guatemala

    Two columns on microconsignment, a new variation on microcredit that helps poor people living in developing countries - particularly women in rural villages - start small social businesses without taking on debt or requiring previous business skills. The organization, Soluciones Comunitarias, partners with a non-profit and a university student program to manage the supply chain and other components of the business necessary to support the social entrepreneurs in successful micro-ventures.

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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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  • Green Strategies for the Poorest

    Tina Rosenberg

    November 19, 2010 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Elgeyo Marakwet

    The company that manufactures Lifestraw, a water purification device, has found a way to distribute their product to impoverished Kenyan families for free, while still making a profit. In the global carbon credit market, businesses receive carbon credits for projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These credits can then be sold to companies who need to offset their carbon emissions, allowing green companies to make a profit off of their small ecological footprint.

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  • Clean Water at No Cost? Just Add Carbon Credits

    Tina Rosenberg

    November 15, 2010 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    The company that manufactures Lifestraw, a water purification device, has found a way to distribute their product to impoverished Kenyan families for free, while still making a profit. In the global carbon credit market, businesses receive carbon credits for projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These credits can then be sold to companies who need to offset their carbon emissions, allowing green companies to make a profit off of their small ecological footprint.

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