Poverty is an unnecessary form of human degradation and badly conceived economics. Our
thesis is that poverty can be reduced, if not eradicated, both locally and globally. But this will …

While investigating the role of business and accepting that profitable partnerships are the
primary solution for poverty alleviation, we voice certain concerns that we hope will extend …

A growing movement commends a targeted business‐oriented approach as the best chance
to reduce global poverty. It offers the promise of dual returns—empowerment for the world's …

Poverty reduction is now, and quite properly should remain, the primary objective of the
World Bank. But, when the World Bank dreams of a world free of poverty-what should it be …

Abstract The World Bank Group recently adopted two overarching goals--the end of extreme,
chronic poverty in the world by 2030 and the promotion of shared prosperity in every society …

In Entrepreneurship and Sustainability the editors and contributors challenge the notion that
not-for-profit social entrepreneurship is the only sort that can lead to the alleviation of …

The international development community, led by the World Bank, has recently committed
itself to the abolition of poverty; and the World Bank has set out, in its most recent World …

Around the turn of the millennium it had become painfully evident that development aid,
charity or" global business-as-usual" were not going to be the mechanisms to alleviate …

Can philanthropy alleviate inequality? Do antipoverty programs work on the ground? In this
eye-opening analysis, Erica Kohl-Arenas bores deeply into how these issues play out in …