BYAnupam Mukerji Relevancy Score: 77 Tue Dec 26, 2006 at 6:32 AM
Can a country where a third of the population is illiterate be an Information Technology superpower? Can a country where 78 million rural homes have never seen electricity be an economic superpower? Can anyone feel safe living in ...READ»
BY Billy Shore and William Easterly Relevancy Score: 69 Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:09 AM
Feed the world, but not by throwing money at the problem. On that, Share Our Strength's Billy Shore and William Easterly of New York University agree.READ»
This morning I had the somewhat special opportunity to go to the U.N. to hear the Secretary General Kofi Annan present "The Millennium Goals Report" to the media. Little did I realize that I'd end up far more in awe of the physical ...READ»
BYSaabira Chaudhuri Relevancy Score: 45 Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 11:28 AM
Forty percent of the Forbes list of the world's ten richest people for 2008 is occupied by Indians. That's a significant percentage -- particularly for a country in which an estimated 26 percent falls below the poverty line, a ...READ»
BY Fast Company staff Relevancy Score: 42 Mon Feb 11, 2008 at 3:08 PM
Deborah Alvarez-Rodriguez, president and CEO San Francisco, CA sfgoodwill.org Goodwill Industries of San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin Counties (Goodwill) is an autonomous not-for-profit social enterprise dedicated to creating ...READ»
BYHeath Row Relevancy Score: 41 Thu May 13, 2004 at 12:42 PM
Per Scholas is an organization that refurbishes old PCs for use by low-income families. Hershey's repurposes cocoa bean hulls to offer cocoa shell mulch for use by gardeners -- hardly Hershey's core business, but an impressive way to ...READ»
Richard Buery, 37, will soon depart from his position as Founder and CEO of Groundwork in East Brooklyn, N.Y., to head up one of New York City's oldest and most venerated institutions, The Children's Aid Society. Buery himself grew up ...READ»
BY Richard Shaffer Relevancy Score: 39 Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:23 AM
Grameen's famous Village Phone Program lifted thousands out of poverty-- and helped Muhammad Yunus win the Nobel Peace Prize. The problem: It's not working anymore.READ»
BYClay Dillow Relevancy Score: 36 Wed May 6, 2009 at 5:39 PM
Got an old problem? Put a young mind to it. Microsoft's Imagine Cup has announced its 2009 winners, with Oregon's MultiPoint Web edging out the other 14 U.S. finalists in a competition with the lofty aim of tackling United Nations ...READ»
BY Robert Simons, Henry Mintzberg, and Kunal Basu Relevancy Score: 35 Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:34 AM
Business is at a crossroads. Scandal and recession have cast a pall on the way CEOs go about leading their companies. Three distinguished professors send this memo -- Five Half-truths of Business -- as a wake-up call.READ»
BYWill Pate Relevancy Score: 35 Fri Aug 13, 2004 at 1:15 PM
One of the best blog posts on innovation I've ever read is powerblogger Dave Pollard's A Prescription for Business Innovation: Creating Technologies that Solve Basic Human Needs. If fast companies are forward-thinking, Dave's talking ...READ»
BYChuck Salter Relevancy Score: 34 Wed Oct 24, 2007 at 7:11 PM
Funny thing about Pop!Tech. It draws such a Fast Company crowd that it was like a reunion with people I've written about over the years. A couple of colorful examples: I interviewed Bill Shannon, aka the CrutchMaster, several years ...READ»
BY Cheryl Dahle Relevancy Score: 33 Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:15 AM
President: Elliott Brown www.springboardforward.org Grade: A- Winner's Statement Alvaro Conde's heart used to sink every morning when he began his commute to work. The job he had landed after emigrating from Guatemala wasn't ...READ»
BYMatt Lockard Relevancy Score: 33 Thu Oct 15, 2009 at 12:56 PM
Expectant moms unable to afford health insurance coverage may qualify for the Access for Infants and Mothers Program (AIM) or else the Medi-Cal Income Disregard Program, both administered by the State of California.READ»
In the tiny town of Marks, Mississippi, they filled the potholes on Cotton Street just before presidential candidate John Edwards showed up this week to talk about poverty in one of the poorest communities in America. That detail was ...READ»
When rich is not wealthy: With so many people feeling financial pain, expect much to be written again about income inequality. Yet, the distribution of wealth is far more unequal. Income is the flow of money to you; wealth is ...READ»
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