Innovation in Africa: Where the digital and analog worlds collide
In an interview with Afrolutionist, researcher Efosa Ojomo explains why Africa needs both a digital and an analog strategy.
March 17, 2017
Global Prosperity
Topics: Infrastructure
Two tips for the next Secretary General of the UN
There really is no panacea for a majority of the many complex issues that will face the UN's next Secretary General. However, good theory has the potential to demystify complex situations.
October 26, 2016
Global Prosperity
The global extreme poverty rate has reduced to less than 10 percent…so what?
While more than a billion people have “escaped” poverty, their present-day vulnerabilities are still stark. For this reason, programs that create prosperity should be the standard towards which countries aspire.
October 19, 2016
Global Prosperity
If poverty is not a resource problem, then what is it?
The capabilities of every community, organization, and country are made up of resources, processes, and priorities. To understand the cause of, and solution to, poverty, it is important to understand the RPP framework.
October 5, 2016
Global Prosperity
The biggest problem with poverty alleviation programs is that they actually work
How is it that an industry that is filled with some of the brightest minds in the world and spends hundreds of billions of US dollars a year on global development is unable to have more of an impact?
September 21, 2016
Global Prosperity
Stop building schools; stop building water wells; stop building toilets.
Understandably, the response from nations, development organizations, and well-meaning people is to provide resources to those in need. However, a different approach is needed to solve the fundamental problem.
September 7, 2016
Global Prosperity
8 attributes of successful market-creating innovations
While building a company that targets nonconsumption can be very rewarding, it can also be a very difficult proposition. Here are eight attributes that entrepreneurs and managers should keep in mind.
August 24, 2016
Global Prosperity