Featuring Sylvia Mathews Burwell, President, Global Development Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Richard Danzig, Chairman of the Board, Center for a New American Security; Susan Schwab, Professor at University of Maryland and former United States Trade Representative and Raj Shah; Administrator, United States Agency for International Development.
A Market Solution to a Social Problem Many people know Mercy Corps for its responses to global emergencies, but finding smart new ways to address old challenges -- in this case, child nutrition -- is also part of its approach. Like other nonprofits discovering their inner social
November 2011
Case Study: Improving Livelihoods, Removing Barriers: Investing for Impact in Mtanga FarmsGlobal Impact Investing Network (GIIN), November 28, 2011
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In recent decades, private sector growth has been the engine that allowed hundreds of millions of people to lift themselves out of poverty in China and India. This growth largely bypassed rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa, which
