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
Topics: Humanitarian Aid
What post-WWII Japan teaches about economic recovery in 2020
Japan’s investment in market-creating innovation in the wake of WWII laid the foundation for the resilient prosperity it enjoys today, and it offers a blueprint for countries in the aftermath of COVID-19.
July 28, 2020
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
It’s time to reconsider how to fight poverty
A conventional approach to poverty alleviation won't be enough to stem the tide of deprivation caused by the pandemic.
June 16, 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
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
COVID-19 isn’t the only disease to cripple emerging economies—it’s time to tackle those too
After beating COVID-19, governments, development organizations, and the private sector should carry the momentum forward to fight endemic diseases that cripple emerging economies.
May 7, 2020