Financial innovation to fight poverty?

Credit union in India
In these times of global financial crisis it might be difficult to believe in financial innovation – but in a recent Economist article, bankers, investors and philantropists argue that it can help fight poverty.
In fact, it is argued in the article, the crisis might have given new hope to the concept of [...]

Seminar with the UN Association of DR Congo

Today we attended a seminar with United Nation Association in Democratic Republic of Congo (UNA-DRC) at the UN Association in Sweden.
UNA-DRC is dedicated to helping people throughout the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by promoting peace, human rights, health, and sustainable development.
We were there to learn more and to find contacts for our projects about [...]

ICT connected to Education for All gives better aid

Buses like this will traffic the streets of Stockholm before and during the European Development Days October 22-24.
The European Development Days bring some 4 000 people and 1 500 organisations from the development community together on an equal footing. Delegates from 125 countries are represented including political leaders and parliamentarians, international institutions, local authorities, NGOs, [...]

A third way to think about aid

The debate over foreign aid often pits those who mistrust “charity” against those who mistrust reliance on the markets. Jacqueline Novogratz proposes a middle way she calls patient capital, with promising examples of entrepreneurial innovation driving social change.
Jacqueline Novogratz leads Acumen Fund that works very similar to us, that aid and social development should [...]

Stories the world should hear more about

Have you ever thought about why some events and processes become “news” and others don’t? What kinds of stories that don’t end up becoming big headlines, but that nonetheless might have a huge impact on a large number of people? A UN-campaign called Ten Stories The World Should Hear More About aims to bring attention [...]