The World Bank’s $12B COVID-19 fund can have lasting impact: Here’s how
For the World Bank to tackle COVID-19 effectively in poor countries, it needs to do more than simply strengthen the healthcare system.
Mar 24, 2020
Topics: Humanitarian Aid
A step in the right direction: UAE’s investment in Africa’s youth
Perhaps more important than the amount of money UAE will invest is how the country plans to invest it—developing Africa's capacity to innovate.
Feb 18, 2020
Cash transfers to the poor won’t solve poverty
Poverty is not fundamentally a resource problem, and pushing resources into poor countries—whether in the form of schools, hospitals, new water installations, or cash—does not result in sustained development.
Jan 14, 2020
From rhetoric to reality: Empowering communities starts with these 3 questions
Development organizations are tasked with solving some of the world’s most pressing and complex problems. By stepping back to ask themselves three questions, they can truly empower the people they aim to serve.
Oct 24, 2019
On World Poverty Day, why ending poverty is not enough
For the first time in our lifetime, the percentage of the global population living in extreme poverty is less than 10%. Many celebrate this achievement. But maybe they shouldn’t.
Oct 17, 2019
Solving poverty is more than just building wells, schools, and toilets
Poverty often shows itself as a lack of basic necessities, but governments and aid organizations must resist the temptation to blindly invest in providing resources to poor communities.
Oct 1, 2019
Infographic: There are 2 types of development strategies, and 1 is far more effective
Development professionals and government workers are working tirelessly to make a dent in extreme poverty, but what if they have the prosperity equation wrong?
Sept 12, 2019
Leveraging Disruptive Innovation at the World Bank to finally end poverty
What can the World Bank learn from an Indian entrepreneur who developed an innovation to make sanitary pads less expensive? Quite a lot.
Sept 10, 2019
5 reasons why these powerful innovations might be our best shot at solving poverty
Despite significant funding, the number of people living in extreme poverty has increased in some regions around the globe. To truly end poverty, we must look to a different solution: market-creating innovations.
Aug 6, 2019
From TEDxBYU: Why the counterintuitive solution to poverty is no longer trying to eradicate it
In this TEDxBYU talk, Efosa Ojomo describes a fundamental misunderstanding many development organizations have with fixing poverty, then highlights an interesting and surprising insight.
July 11, 2019