[vsw id="5uuxFhUc8tg" source="youtube" width="425" height="344" autoplay="no"] In this paper we show that microfinance works: In this paper we show that what they think works, doesn’t: In this paper we demonstrate that what they thought didn’t work, does: And here, we get to say it last. (To be continued….) … [Read more...] about Replications and replies
What does and doesn't work in development
Stitching a more sustainable garment industry for Haiti
By Pablo Antón-Diaz and Viviane Azevedo* The Haitian-based garment company, Industrial Revolution, shows it is possible to operate both efficiently and profitably, while still maintaining healthy, dignified and equitable working conditions. Over the past few decades, major clothing and footwear brands and retailers in the developed world have almost completely … [Read more...] about Stitching a more sustainable garment industry for Haiti
Saving the Guyanese forest
By Gerard Alleng and Sara Valero* Guyana sets an example on how to use technology to monitor deforestation and protect tropical forest. Guyana is a relatively small, heavily forested country, on the Northern coast of South America. It has a population of 750,000 predominantly settled along the coast. In 2009, the Government of Guyana undertook its first national … [Read more...] about Saving the Guyanese forest
Housing for all: Lessons from Suriname
By Carolina Piedrafita* Suriname finds an affordable housing solution for less than $15,000. Mrs. Urmie Elisabeth Wijnstein is a single mother in Paramaribo, the capital of Suriname. She has a steady job cleaning government offices, but with a salary of just US$260 a month she never was able to rent or buy her own home. She had to live with her mother, sharing a room … [Read more...] about Housing for all: Lessons from Suriname
The mission
When the movie The Mission came out 28 years ago it was trashed by some critics: “Mr. Irons looks saintly and speaks in the cultivated English of the West End theater. Mr. De Niro’s [….] New York accent doesn't easily fit lines like ''Leave, priest'' or ''So me you do not love''. [….] The Indians, about whom the film seems to care so much, are condescended to as mostly … [Read more...] about The mission