COVID-19 exposes our prosperity problem
The pandemic—and its disproportionate effect on particular populations—highlights a longstanding global prosperity problem in urgent need of a solution.
July 30, 2020
Author: Efosa Ojomo
Avoiding the prosperity paradox: How to build economic resilience in a post-COVID world
COVID-19 threatens to push half a billion people into poverty. But with the right approach to innovation, stakeholders can not only help emerging economies recover, but thrive.
July 23, 2020
As the word focuses on the pandemic, one organization is focused on the weather
A plague of locusts threatens up to 10% of the world's population with hunger. ClimaCell is using state-of-the-art weather technology to mitigate the problem.
July 9, 2020
Why getting the world back to normal is not enough
If anything good is to come from the devastation caused by the coronavirus, let it be an opportunity to rethink, reconsider, and redefine a new normal for many in our world who currently suffer to make a living.
July 2, 2020
Innovators Creating Prosperity: MAX
We caught up with cofounder Adetayo Bamiduro about lessons he’s learned while building a new market for safe and affordable transportation in Nigeria.
June 23, 2020
What a famed historian got right (and wrong) about the global response to COVID-19
Exclusively transferring resources to poor communities creates dependency and deprives them of the opportunity to develop their own capabilities.
June 11, 2020
COVID-19 exposes why the ambitious goal to end extreme poverty is inadequate
Unfortunately, the virus won’t be the last crisis to expose how vulnerable billions of people remain despite not technically living in “extreme poverty.”
May 28, 2020
From fishing to finance; innovating in the midst of COVID-19
Economic crises have always led to new innovations. In the face of the present pandemic, here's how some companies are finding ways to adapt while making the world a better place.
May 21, 2020
With development pushed back 30 years, these innovations are critical for recovery
The global pandemic threatens to plunge half a billion people into poverty. Here are five reasons market-creating innovations can fuel a recovery.
May 14, 2020
3 questions for development organizations to ask themselves in the wake of COVID-19
It’s tempting to focus on quick fixes to the problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. But with a more holistic approach, over time many poor regions will no longer rely on assistance.
Apr 30, 2020