by annaread | Nov 10, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
A phrase well on its way to becoming a buzzword, “social entrepreneurship” has many meanings. There’s a blog that unpacks the meaning, Common Good Careers. It describes itself as “Uncommon talent working for the common good”. Check it...
by sjs | Nov 9, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The International Food Policy Research Institute has released a report showing mixed progress in attaining the Millennium Development Goals of halving poverty and hunger by 2015: despite improvements in some areas, poverty among the ultra poor in some regions...
by annaread | Nov 8, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Using mobile phone games to improve HIV/AIDS awareness in Asia and Africa — well, it isn’t something most of us would have thought of. Which is just the point of the “Why Games Matter: A Prescription for Improving Health and Health Care”...
by annaread | Nov 7, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
Climbing rents in Juneau Alaska has contributed to a growing problem of homelessness. Now a housing advocate will work in a position managed by the St Vincent de Paul Society. Stan Marston says his is a “one stop shop” that “will prevent...
by sjs | Nov 7, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The U.S. Bishops today expressed strong support for restructuring the Child Tax Credit so that it more effectively reaches the poorest working families. In a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives, the Bishops state that tax policy must be judged by “how it...
by sjs | Nov 7, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
Compassion International announced today a $5 million investment over the next five years in Opportunity International, a microcredit lender serving over a million poor entrepreneurs in developing countries, to fund microfinance operations aimed at the working poor in...
