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Laying the Groundwork for Government-Led Poverty Reduction

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Dianne Calvi & Taddeo Muriuki In September 2024, an article in The Economist posed a provocative question: Can evidence-based development programs, like those championed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Esther Duflo, scale effectively to combat the growing challenges of extreme poverty? The stakes have never been higher.

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Monitoring Inequality: The Case for Widening Access to Innovations in Diabetes Management

NonProfit Quarterly

Nutrisense Inc on Pexels Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) are revolutionizing diabetes management. The growing popularity among consumers who use them as a lifestyle tool, not to manage diabetes, is exacerbating existing health inequities. Yet, for many, CGMs remain out of reach. Yet, for many, CGMs remain out of reach.

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Strengthening communities by supporting the nonprofit workforce 

Candid

Below the ALICE Threshold” includes workers who live in poverty and those we call ALICE ® — A sset L imited, I ncome C onstrained, E mployed—who earn above the federal poverty level but still can’t afford the basics. One in five nonprofit workers struggle to afford the basics Of the 13.9

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From Microfinance to Mutual Aid—Moving Resources to People, Not Banks

NonProfit Quarterly

In the 1970s, economist Muhammad Yunus pioneered the concept of microloans through the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, a revolutionary idea that aimed to lift people out of poverty by offering small loans to those excluded from traditional banking. Yunuss premise was simple: People know better.

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The Digital Divide and Climate Disasters

NonProfit Quarterly

Internet Poverty A 2019 report from the US Department of Health and Human Services noted that over one in six people living in poverty had no access to the internet. Globally, Africa struggles the most with internet poverty , with 524 million people unconnected to the online world, according to a Brookings Institute study.

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How to Hold Dollar Store Chains Accountable and Protect Communities

NonProfit Quarterly

While these stores continue to make money for shareholders, workers face a relentless grind of poverty wages, unsafe working conditions, and corporate-driven understaffing that puts safety at risk. Their ubiquity has made dollar stores a Southern staple that is often the only choice for communities basic needs.

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Gender Equality Advocates Advance Pay Equity at State Level

NonProfit Quarterly

As Diana Ramirez , senior manager of policy and coalitions at National Womens Law Center, tells NPQ , a group called One Fair Wage has supported a national campaign for all workers to earn the same minimum wage.