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Should Fighting Hunger Be a Franchise Business?

Despite the occasional controversy, two social enterprises are using the Coca-Cola model to fight hunger in Africa.

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What A Box of Sea Cucumbers Teaches Us About Foreign Aid

“If the Chinese can eat this for the last 2,000 years, it means that the Haitian can export it for another 2,000 years forward.”

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How India Jump-Started Its Solar Economy

India has 30 times more solar power today than two years ago. How'd the country do it?

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Defusing Africa's Population Bomb: There's No Need to Fear Nigerian Babies

Debunking the latest batch of population hysteria—this time, sub-Saharan Africa's big families have Chicken Littles losing their cool.

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Why Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Should Lead the World Bank

Behind the race for the leadership of one of the globe's most important poverty-fighting institutions.

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Affordable Housing Law Could Open Connecticut's 'Gold Coast' to the 99 Percent

The 8-30g law strong-arms towns into approving construction plans that include affordable housing.

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The United Nations Says Sustainable Energy Will Go Worldwide in 2012

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling for universal energy access by 2030.

Five Simple Ways to Help Haiti

Yep, you can do something to help get Haiti back on its feet.

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Reconstruction Zone: Chronicling Haiti's Post-Quake Struggles

“Nobody faced what we have faced here in Haiti.”

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Amber Waves of Gain: One Woman's Cereal Business Fights Malnutrition

An African cereal company is competing with international giants to fight malnutrition and build economic self-sufficiency.

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In Benin, Solar-Powered Irrigation Pollutes Less and Produces More

Solar power and drip irrigation have improved the lives of people living in poverty. But few had ever tried combining the two.

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Back to the Foundry: Can a Jewelry Company Really Prevent Conflict in Africa?

Social entrepreneur Peter Thum fields readers' questions about his company, Fonderie 47.

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T-Shirt Remix: Recycling America's Used Clothes for Social Impact

Your old t-shirts got shipped to Africa. Project Repat's local artisans recycle and remix them for resale, creating jobs and social impact.

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Admitting Failure: Water Groups Stress Metrics to Improve Aid

The problem isn’t just that water pumps break: Lacking monitoring, they stay broken.

Welcome to Kawempe: Photos of Social Enterprise in Uganda

Visit Kawempe, a slum outside of Kampala, Uganda, where social enterprise is providing economic opportunity and fighting disease.

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How TOMS and Buy-One-Give-One Really Help Buy-One-Give-One Businesses Like TOMS Can Make Real Difference

Do TOMS shoes—and all donations of goods—hurt the poor more than they help? One expert weighs in.