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Building Supply Chains Where Smallholder Farmers Thrive

Stanford Social Innovation Review

As the United Nations highlights, eradicating poverty is the greatest global challenge and an absolute requirement for sustainable development. To achieve this, more businesses need to join with the government and civil society to actively confront inequality, poverty, and climate change together. A Tyranny of Tradeoffs.

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Why Reparations Can Counter the Legacy of a 50-Year “War on Drugs”

NonProfit Quarterly

This record acts as a form of permanent punishment, limiting our ability to participate in civil society through a complex web of laws in Illinois that punish people with criminal records, often indefinitely. These restrictions force many people and especially Black people into the informal economy to survive.

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Muslim Giving 101: An Introduction for Fundraisers & Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Rafia Khader , Program Manager at the Lake Institute on Faith & Giving and Managing Editor of the Journal of Muslim Philanthropy & Civil Society. It is this idea that propels the work of Lake Institute on Faith & Giving at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.

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Betting on Migration for Impact

Stanford Social Innovation Review

When contemplating migration that can deliver massive income gains to low-income households and benefits to both sending and receiving economies—but must maintain public support in a difficult political climate—public, private, and civil society actors all play important roles in a complex system’s effective functioning.

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In Search of Inclusive Social Entrepreneurship

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Several studies have shown that in societies that are characterized by high levels of poverty, the well-being of entrepreneurs is related to the savings they have. One of the challenges for these social entrepreneurs is that they lack positive role models and they are not told by society that they can become great leaders.

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Equity in Employment: A Vital Step Toward Dismantling Structural Racism in Brazil

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Data released in 2022 by the Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE, “Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics”) shows that unemployment and informal labor are higher among this group, which is also more exposed to violence and poverty. Per the World Bank’s poverty line threshold, 18.6

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A Framework for Business Action on Climate Justice

Stanford Social Innovation Review

All sectors have a role to play in achieving climate justice, but it’s fair to say that compared to government and civil society, business is late in addressing the challenge and is in fact frequently called out as part of the problem. Why Climate Justice Matters to Business.