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For The Energy Impoverished, Hugh Whalan Is A Ray Of LED

You probably can't remember how many different ways you use energy during an average day, but billions of people can't take energy use for granted because they don't have access to any. Hugh Whalan is out to change that.READ»

When Communities Identify Their Own Poor, Aid Has The Most Effect

By asking peers to decide who deserves the most government aid--instead of using empirical measurements--money can have more lasting effects.READ»

Esther Duflo Bribes India's Poor To Health

Good ideas that work aren't always as "nice" as we'd like.READ»

Why Social Impact Investing Is A Crock

A new breed of do-gooders wants to apply rigorous analysis to development programs. But are they getting any useful information, or just wasting money collecting meaningless data?READ»

Triumph of the City book release

"There's a lot to like about urban poverty," writes Edward Glaeser in this provocative new book. When the Harvard economist looks at the poorest cities -- Kinshasa, Rio -- he sees not just deprivation but opportunity. People in slums ...READ»

Rural Farms Face Increasing Insecurity, Managing Risk Essential: Report

Viewing poor rural farmers as business owners is one way out of chronic poverty.READ»

UN Report: Cellphones a Ticket Out of Poverty for the World's Poor

Cellphones aren't all fun and games for the world's poor. For many, they make the difference between bringing home the bacon--or not.READ»

Uniqlo Expands Into Bangladesh, Healing Social Problems With Hipster T-Shirts

Fast Retailing will "help solve social problems, including those related to poverty, sanitation and education issues" in Bangladesh and sell hipster T-shirts at the same time.READ»

Infographic of the Day: Here's the Keys to the World Bank's Data Vault

Thousands of datasets--which used to cost thousands of dollars to access--are now free and easily browsable on the Web.READ»

Using Legos to Explain the World's Toughest Challenge, in the Next 50 Years

Dr. Hans Rosling is a legendary TED presenter: He's appeared there a half-dozen times, using stats in ingenious ways to dispel common myths about the developing world. A professor at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, he's got a ...READ»

Measuring GDP by How Bright a Country Is at Night

An economist at Brown University uses a novel technique to gather accurate economic stats on the undeveloped world.READ»

International Development Design Summit

Most global-poverty workshops share a tedious format -- lots of yakking, little action. But at this monthlong MIT-organized event, delegates won't just lament third-world woe; they'll create real devices to improve life for the ...READ»

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Young Minds vs. Ancient Problems: Imagine Cup 2009 Winners Announced

Got an old problem? Put a young mind to it. Microsoft's Imagine Cup has announced its 2009 winners, with Oregon's MultiPoint Web edging out the other 14 U.S. finalists in a competition with the lofty aim of tackling United Nations ...READ»

Avon Calling: Could Beauty Be a Path Out of Poverty?

"No! No! No!" Oxford business professor Linda Scott does not use Avon products. In fact, she says with a smile, "One of the worst things that ever happened to me is that a friend of mine started selling Avon." ...READ»

The Poverty Problem: Pinpricks of Insight From Rimini, Italy

Sometimes there seems to be a world of significance packed into a single moment, or a single sentence. At Pio Manzu’s four-day conference about global poverty, the speakers’ roster is packed with smart, worldly people, and there were a half-dozen moments that caught my attention.READ»

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The Poverty Problem: Field Notes From a Global Summit in Rimini, Italy

Rimini, Italy is the site each fall of a conference that is a kind of Clinton Global Initiative for Europe, without Bill Clinton -- a meeting that tackles a single urgent topic over four days. This year’s topic is "le ragioni de penia," the reasons for poverty.READ»

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Bloggers Influence And Shape Opinion

October 15th is a day recognized around the world as Blog Action Day.  An annual nonprofit event, this year's 2008 theme is Poverty.  The event's goal is to unite the world's bloggers, podcasters and videocasters, by posting ...READ»

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So what happened?

I join a site about  technology, take the option to start a blog spend half an hour typing and linking and it just disappears. have I come to the right place?      READ»