“Buy Yourself a Cup of Tea” — A Collapse in Culture
377 are dead and thousands are suffering. How many more tragedies will Bangladesh endure before corporate and political corruption is addressed?
By Mark Weber
377 are dead and thousands are suffering. How many more tragedies will Bangladesh endure before corporate and political corruption is addressed?
By Mark Weber
Over the past three years, we have conducted over 150 interviews with entrepreneurs, economists, political and religious leaders, missionaries,…
By Mark Weber
We poverty junkies spend a lot of time examining the fruits and the roots. But what of the soil?
By Mark Weber
Not everybody is an entrepreneur. Not everybody needs to go start a business. We don’t want a world where it’s just a bunch of subsistence…
By Mark Weber
PovertyCure's Mark Weber responds to a FAQ submission regarding population control: "At PovertyCure, we firmly believe that human beings are our…
By Mark Weber
We focus a lot on the material differences between the so-called "rich" and the so-called "poor." We are inundated with news of the growing…
By Mark Weber
"We begin to say no to poverty and begin to redeem the dignity of the citizens by virtue of creating business opportunity." Eva Muraya overcame…
By Mark Weber
PovertyCure DVD Series video clip: Harvard-trained, Argentinian economist Ernesto Schargrodsky shares his findings on the social impact of…
By Mark Weber![PovertyCure Clip: “Access to the Pond” [Episode 4]](/temp/imgsizer/assets/uploads/blog/earth_night-185x198.jpg)
"I'm frustrated with this idea that poverty means living on one or two dollars a day," says Andreas Widmer of the SEVEN Fund. "That's a very bad…
By Mark Weber
3 years. 150 interviews. 6 episodes. 152 minutes. PovertyCure is thrilled to present our new DVD series on human flourishing. Pre-order your…
By Mark Weber
Indian architect Kirtee Shah shares his unconventional point of view regarding slums: "Slums are not problems; slums are approaches to…
By Mark Weber
The PovertyCure Network has grown quite a bit since we launched one year ago. Comprised of 180 international Partners spanning 106 countries…
By Mark Weber
"We need to train this generation to really understand why ethics matter. If we want to make sure that things will be different in the future…
By Mark Weber
Ian Birrell calls to attention the persistant propensity of westerners to undervalue African potential.
By Mark Weber
PovertyCure eclipsed 400,000 "likes" on Facebook this weekend, and we're just getting started.
By Mark Weber
Yobel Market is a very cool online marketplace dedicated to promoting freedom and dignity in poverty-stricken areas through fairly traded,…
By Mark Weber
"The easiest thing to do is to have an abundance of things, and to give it away, and that’s going to make a difference for today. But…
By Mark Weber
Highlights from a great Skype conversation I had the other day with social entrepreneur Heidi Schroeder, founder of SOMO Beads. SOMO is a social…
By Mark Weber
Welcome to PovertyCure. This week, we are launching an international coalition of over 100 organizations from around the world. We expect this…
By Mark Weber
I don't want for the vision for Africans, "Be the next big microentrepreneur in the world." - Magatte Wade, Senegal, Founder & CEO of Tiossano
By Mark Weber
Solid article with parallel implications for international development. Brooks writes, "Americans have developed an absurd view of the power of…
By Mark Weber
A government that does not recognize the needs of its people, or works against the welfare of the people, is corrupt. Corruption and political…
By Mark Weber
SMEs in developing countries need encouragement through business with local individuals, companies and foreign aid organizations to help them…
By Mark Weber
In his book, Islam Without Extremes, Turkish journalist and devout Muslim Mustafa Akyol earnestly addresses this pointed question that has…
By Mark Weber
What could possibly be wrong with buying one pair of shoes, while donating another? More than you might think.... [Article by Elise Hilton]
By Mark Weber
[Article by Matthea Brandenburg] Rubble, tent cities, filthy water and food shortages still plague Haiti more than a year after the 2010…
By Mark Weber
Article by Matthea Brandenburg. While many of the European giants continue to flounder in debt, one small nation is rising above the rest.…
By Mark Weber
Last week, we had the pleasure of meeting with Doug Seebeck and Roxanne de Graaf from Partners Worldwide. PW is doing amazing work around the…
By Mark Weber
Excellent article from The Economist. IBM vs. Carnegie Foundation - who has done more for society? Business or Philanthropy?
By Mark Weber
Listen in on Boston 1060 AM radio. Two brilliant men - Acton Institute Research Fellow Michael Miller and Seven Fund co-founder Andreas Widmer -…
By Mark Weber
Attention friends in the UK: Transformational Business Network is hosting a gathering in London for social entrepreneurs called Impact…
By Mark Weber
I recently bought an iPad2 and I have been blown away by a news application called Zite. Zite pulls articles and blogs from a wide range of…
By Mark Weber
"U.S. Aid Is Holding Africa Back" by Diana Furchtgott-Roth (published on Real Clear Markets)
WASHINGTON--Africa receives about $11 billion a…
Al Jazeera: The world's poorest countries have stagnating economies and won't reach the Millennium Development Goals, report says.
By Mark Weber
BBC Article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12957104
NR Narayana Murthy is the co-founder of Infosys, a giant software company. But despite…
The following is an insightful article written by Andrew M. Muwenda in The Independent on Saturday March 26, 2011. Andrew Mwenda is a Ugandan…
By Mark Weber