by John Freund, CM | Dec 29, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The World Bank takes A Look Back at 2012: Year in Review See reports, issues, resources … Drop in extreme poverty rates World’s ocean/s in peril Women at work Curbing Corruption Safety nets that work Measuring the unbanked Think GREEN for inclusive growth...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 28, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
We talk about the need to be the “voice of the poor”. Have you ever used the phone? Now you can use it to “report in” as the “voice of the poor” on the Internet. Just call a toll-free number, speak and then hang up. Voila! You have created and posted a...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 23, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
How one views problems all depends where you start from… or what you have when you start. A 60 second movie about perspectives on developed world problems in the context and through the eyes of people in under-developed areas… the graphics tell the story....
by John Freund, CM | Dec 21, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Good works do pay – Study shows that education can cost less that poverty ! CANBERRA: The first economic analysis of a groundbreaking university course for Australians experiencing multiple disadvantage has found potential savings of $14, 624 per annum to the...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 14, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Phoenix has an innovative approach to vacant lots that changes them from signs of what has been to symbols of what can be. Hussein Al Hamka is going to farm his famous cucumbers on a 15-acre vacant lot in the heart of Phoenix, where nearly half of all lots sit empty...
