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November 2008

Watch the End of Poverty

Submitted by Joe Qian on Fri, 11/07/2008 - 16:00
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Hans Rosling demonstrates how developing countries are pulling themselves out of poverty. He shows us the next generation of his Trendalyzer software -- which analyzes and displays data in amazingly accessible ways, allowing people to see patterns previously hidden behind mountains of stats.

The Education of a Patient Capitalist

Submitted by Joe Qian on Fri, 11/07/2008 - 15:57
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Jacqueline Novogratz is pioneering new ways of tackling poverty. In her view, traditional charity rarely delivers lasting results. Her solution, outlined here through a series of revealing personal stories, is "patient capital": support for "bottom of the pyramid" businesses which the commercial market alone couldn't provide.

The Power of Mobile Phones to End Poverty

Submitted by Joe Qian on Fri, 11/07/2008 - 15:50
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Partnering with microcredit pioneer GrameenBank, in 1997 Quadir established GrameenPhone, a wireless operator now offering phone services to 80 million rural Bangladeshi. He explains the power of phones as a tool of bottom-up development.