Monday, August 29, 2016

Fighting Global Poverty

Achieving Global Impact. That's a challenge and the goal of upcoming Inside NGO conference in Nairobi, Kenya. But is another meeting of experts really the solution?

Not according to William Easterly. In his recent book, The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor, he traces the history of the fight against global poverty. How tactics have trampled the individual freedom of the world's poor, suppressing a vital debate about an alternative approach to solving poverty; freedom.

The currently disputed 500-ton US peanut donation to Haiti is just one example of humanitarian aid that could actually undermine the economy of the nation it aims to help. Click here to learn more.

Monday, August 08, 2016

Financial Inclusion Report

The Brooking Institute has released the 2016 Financial Inclusion Report. This year's edition includes five new countries, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Egypt, Haiti and Vietnam.
Click here to read the report.

Tuesday, August 02, 2016