The Social Ventures Foundation is a non-profit, nonsectarian organization focused on identifying, promoting and investing in businesses and startups that have products, services, and job programs that sustainability lift the livelihoods of the poor.
Poverty Watch World News
POVERTY INC. evocatively sets the tone for new poverty reduction paradigm.
World Bank is entrusted with global poverty reduction. Their dining room gets a 5-star review. Are they 'eating from their own cooking'? You decide! Read the review
HERE.
WorldPoverty.io shows real-time estimates of those people escaping poverty, and those people who find themselves stuck in its grasp.
Poverty Watch Startup Innovation News
Harvard to host 19th annual Social Enterprise Conference, February 10 and 11. Get your Tickets by clicking
HERE.
The path to a poverty-free world will be lit by increased independence in the developing world. See what Enersa is doing about that
HERE.
"Paperpot" seed planter drastically increases farmers' sowing efficiency. Increases revenue. Read more about it
HERE.
Poverty Watch Business News
Bank of America ends free checking account option. Opts to charge low-income families $12. Communities shout injustice.
LINK
CVS Pharmacy and Aetna announce 69 Billion-dollar merger. Pledge low-cost, convenient insurance. Empty promises? Time will tell.
Poverty Watch People
Paul Polak named to Social Ventures Foundation Board of Directors. Listen to his EndPoverty 2017 Keynote address
HERE.
