Good news: 28 countries escape poverty trap
The Guardian reports on new data indicating we are making progress against poverty: Remember the poverty trap? Countries stuck in destitution because of weak institutions put in place by colonial...
View Article“An African Election” now available
I wrote about this documentary “An African Election” last May when I saw it and talked with its director, Jarreth Merz, at the Seattle International Film Festival. It’s an amazing film and it’s finally...
View ArticleStudy finds ‘free’ health care DOES improve health outcomes
In the increasingly heated debate swirling around the global movement for Universal Health Coverage, the experts are dueling over some pretty equivocal data. If the poor have free access to health...
View ArticleHow a Groupon-like app is helping build a road in Ghana
Just in time for the holiday season is a new way for people living in Washington D.C. to save money and do some good. If Groupon and Kiva got together and had a baby, it would look something like...
View ArticleMicrofinance to cash transfers: The evolution of a Millennial do-gooder
For today’s Humanosphere podcast, we’re talking to Sammie Rayner, someone we think represents two fascinating phenomena within the humanitarian sector. Rayner, to characterize her very (too) simply, is...
View ArticleTourists abandon Ghana despite its successes against Ebola
ELMINA, Ghana – Each evening the fishermen set out in their hand-carved wooden boats. By nightfall, the horizon is dotted by a long row of small lights, their own constellation. Fish are caught, the...
View ArticleThis program actually graduates people out of extreme poverty
Livestock, cash support and training help the ultra-poor escape extreme poverty. A new research paper combining findings from studies on what is called the graduation model conducted in six countries...
View ArticleThese women bring light and clean water to their community in Ghana
TAMALE, Ghana – A water dugout the size of a few football fields stands just outside the village of Kuruguvuhuyayili, in northern Ghana. People use the muddy water for cooking, cleaning, bathing and...
View ArticleLiteracy Bridge: How one organization is adapting technology to help world’s...
Perhaps unsurprisingly, almost half of all nonprofits and public charities end in failure. This is due to a lot of different factors – lack of planning is a common mistake – and for nonprofits working...
View ArticlePatrick Awuah: Making Ghana the epicenter for an African revolution in education
For today’s Humanosphere podcast, we’re talking with Patrick Awuah, a Ghanaian who having done well in the United States – including a stint at Microsoft – has returned to his West African home to...
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