Topic: Bangladesh

Creating a world without Poverty

  I had the distinct priviledge of attending a recent luncheon hosted by Scotiabank. The special guest presenter was Professor Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Laureate and founder of the world renown, Grameen Bank in ...READ»

Unplanned Obsolescence

Grameen's famous Village Phone Program lifted thousands out of poverty-- and helped Muhammad Yunus win the Nobel Peace Prize. The problem: It's not working anymore.READ»

Interview with an International Millennial

As I travel around to universities this fall, I’m meeting more and more international students pursuing their college degrees in the United States. These students face unique challenges while job hunting, networking and building ...READ»

Innovative Giving: Gaming For Rice

Free Rice is an interactive online game that allows you become a little bit smarter while also doing the world some good. It's the fourth entry in our six part series, Innovative Giving.READ»

How Innovations from Developing Nations Trickle-Up to the West

A funny thing has happened on the way to globalization: Innovation now trickles up from emerging to advanced economies. And it may be the way of the future.READ»

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Trade Gap

Do we need to close the trade gap -- or clothe it? The Gap's suppliers indicate just how widespread the global economy is.READ»

Feedback

Savior or Sellout? Some of Adam Werbach's old friends in the environmental movement may not be talking to him since he signed on with Wal-Mart, but Fast Company readers had plenty to say about September's cover story. Responses ...READ»

Here's a Business Plan to Fight Poverty

The social entrepreneur who pioneered 'microlending' has launched a new company. Its goal: a cell-phone in every village.READ»

"Green Nobel" Winners Get the Google Earth Mash-Up Treatment

This year's seven winners of the $150,000 Goldman Environmental Prize (AKA the Green Nobel), given to grassroots leaders that take on government and corporate interests to improve their communities, are a motley crew. They ...READ»

The Coolest Schools in the World

Today, World Architecture News unveiled the finalists for it's Educational Building of the Year, and it's an impressive lot, designed to solve real problems. Here's a round-up of the six competitors: The Australian Technical ...READ»

The Ecological Credit Crunch

Banks and the automobile industry have had the luxury of government bailouts, but what about Mother Nature? Who should be responsible for paying off the huge ecological debt that has accumulated over years of use and abuse of the world’s natural resources? The idea of an ecological credit crunch happening may seem far-fetched, but the truth is we are using up limited resources that are fast running out. We may not have much longer before an ecological credit crisis occurs.READ»

Microcredit Entrepreneur wins Nobel Peace Prize

A simple business plan based on the concept of microcredit just won Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus the Nobel Peace Prize. Yunus was awarded the prize today for the bank he founded, the Grameen Bank, which provides average loans ...READ»

What's the Best Way to Do Good?

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Design with a Conscience: Columbia Team Wins Curry Stone Design Prize

Medillin, Colombia, was once known as the drug capital of the world. But thanks to a massive urban and architectural renewal project helmed by Sergio Farjado and Alejandro Echeverri, Medillin's former mayor and director of ...READ»

Helping Combat Poverty Through Enabling Communication

Earlier this week, the Washington DC based Grameen Foundation unveiled the Village Phone Direct Assistance Center -- a new initiative to continue its ongoing efforts to combat poverty worldwide through enabling and improving access ...READ»

Contributors

Alessandra Petlin When photographer Alessandra Petlin thought about shooting Adam Werbach for this issue's cover story, she says, "I immediately had this image in my mind of a soaring stand of smooth, beautiful trees, and the ...READ»

What Comes After Success?

"A Brand is a promise, and you have to keep your promises. There's no difference between what we sell and who we are." At Gateway 2000, Jim Taylor practices what he and his partner Watts Wacker preach.READ»

Good Cause, Good Ideas, Good Money

When I pull up to the village in which my mother grew up in Bangladesh, I feel like I'm on the set of a cowboy movie. Two long streets cross in the center, each bordered by a well-planned lineup of storefronts. From this ...READ»

Next Stop - The 21st Century

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Change Management: US Recession Impacting India

Signs of a recessionary US economy are being seen thousands of miles away in India. India’s apparel exporters are facing canceled orders and dried up pipelines, a result of a weakening US economy and a strengthening Indian Rupee ...READ»

Giving Filmy, Flimsy Plastic Bags the Sack

The city of San Francisco is on the verge of banning use of the plastic grocery bags that have been a marvel (for their carrying capacity) and a plague for 30 years. The ban, supported by six of 11 supervisors and the mayor, was the ...READ»

Digging Out

The idea of putting people to work was largely neglected after the invasion of Iraq. Now, as debate mounts over troop withdrawals, one strategy might help fill the void.READ»

China’s textile industry in need of product innovation

Textile is one of China’s largest industries; it contributes US$ 420 billion to the national GDP. Exports of China’s textile industry were valued at US$178 billion in 2007 and contributed US$150 billion to China’s trade ...READ»

Wealth and Poverty

Muhammed Yunus's share-the-wealth business model.READ»

Five Ways Obama Could Best Spend His $1.4M in Nobel Cash

The Fast Company staff offers five from-the-hip ideas of organizations that could use Obama's chunk of change to make a massive impact. READ»