October 23, 2017
October 17, 2017
How close are we to ending extreme poverty?
October 05, 2017
The surprising good news about child poverty
September 15, 2017
The human cost of the EU’s anti-GMO policy
Commentators have long said that banning genetically modified food (GMOs) harms human flourishing. Thanks to a new study, that harm can now be quantified.
A study published in late July studies the impact of delaying the approval of GMOs in five nations: Benin, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, and Uganda. Continue Reading...
September 14, 2017
Development vs. thuggery: How foreign aid hinders local business
The foreign aid movement has largely failed the global poor, promoting top-down solutions at the expense of bottom-up enterprises and institutions, as Acton’s widely acclaimed documentary, Poverty, Inc., and PovertyCure film series detail at length. Continue Reading...
September 07, 2017
The ‘second disaster’: When humanitarian relief goes wrong
In the wake of the destruction from Hurricane Harvey, Americans are rallying to provide aid and relief, from local residents to distant countrymen to nonprofit organizations to various levels of government. Continue Reading...
August 17, 2017
How a struggling widow became a farmer, welder, and seamstress
After losing her husband, Tinashe Butau of Zimbabwe didn’t know what to do. She was now a single mother with four children to feed, and she needed to find a way to provide. Continue Reading...
August 03, 2017
Should we treat Medicaid like food stamps?
July 28, 2017
Access to the pond: The global poor already know how to fish
In assessing solutions to global poverty, it can be easy to counter the failures of foreign aid by focusing only on the problems with viewing handouts as a path to economic development (there are many). Continue Reading...
June 29, 2017
Are slums a sign of human creativity and potential?
As humans, we are made in the image of God. We are co-creators, fashioned to produce and create, contribute and collaborate, give and receive, trade and exchange.
Yet far too often, in our approaches to fighting poverty, we subscribe to a fundamental distortion of this reality, treating humans as mere consumers and “drains” on wealth and resources. Continue Reading...