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- April 1989 (Revised April 1990)
- Case
Hunger in the Sudan
By: James E. Austin
Austin, James E. "Hunger in the Sudan." Harvard Business School Case 389-202, April 1989. (Revised April 1990.)
- 2007
- Book
Business Solutions for the Global Poor: Creating Social and Economic Value
By: V. Kasturi Rangan, John A. Quelch, Gustavo Herrero and Brooke Barton
Rangan, V. Kasturi, John A. Quelch, Gustavo Herrero, and Brooke Barton. Business Solutions for the Global Poor: Creating Social and Economic Value. John Wiley & Sons, 2007.
- 2005
- Book
Building Assets Building Credit: Creating Wealth in Low-Income Communities
By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Eric S. Belsky
Retsinas, Nicolas P. and Eric S. Belsky, eds. Building Assets Building Credit: Creating Wealth in Low-Income Communities. Brookings Institution Press, 2005.
- 2007
- Chapter
When is Doing Business with the Poor Good - For the Poor? A Household and National Income Accounting Approach
By: Dutch Leonard
Leonard, Dutch. "When is Doing Business with the Poor Good - For the Poor? A Household and National Income Accounting Approach." In Business Solutions for the Global Poor: Creating Social and Economic Value, edited by V. Kasturi Rangan, John A. Quelch, Gustavo Herrero, and Brooke Barton. John Wiley & Sons, 2007.
- Article
Cross Country: They'd Sooner Fix Medicaid
By: Tom Coburn and Regina Herzlinger
Coburn, Tom, and Regina Herzlinger. "Cross Country: They'd Sooner Fix Medicaid." Wall Street Journal (May 18, 2006).
- November/December 1978
- Article
What Comes First in Feeding the Hungry?
By: James E. Austin
Austin, James E. "What Comes First in Feeding the Hungry?" Nutrition Today (November/December 1978).
- 15 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 15, 2007
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-078.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsAid, Debt Relief, and Trade: An Agenda for Fighting World Poverty (A) Harvard Business School Case 707-029 At the 2005 Group of Eight summit, world leaders agreed to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- June 2015
- Case
1996 Welfare Reform in the United States
By: Matthew Weinzierl, Katrina Flanagan and Alastair Su
On August 22, 1996, U.S. President Bill Clinton signed into law the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA)—a dramatic reform of the American system of economic assistance for the poor that, as its title suggested, attempted to... View Details
Keywords: Welfare State; Public Goods; Moral Hazard; Median Voter Theorem; Poverty; Welfare; Public Administration Industry; United States
Weinzierl, Matthew, Katrina Flanagan, and Alastair Su. "1996 Welfare Reform in the United States." Harvard Business School Case 715-030, June 2015.
- 2022
- Working Paper
Social Protection and Social Distancing During the Pandemic: Mobile Money Transfers in Ghana
By: Dean Karlan, Matt Lowe, Robert Osei, Isaac Osei-Akoto, Benjamin N. Roth and Christopher Udry
We study the impact of mobile money transfers to a representative sample of low-income
Ghanaians during the COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement of the upcoming transfers
affects neither consumption, well-being, nor social distancing. Once disbursed,... View Details
Karlan, Dean, Matt Lowe, Robert Osei, Isaac Osei-Akoto, Benjamin N. Roth, and Christopher Udry. "Social Protection and Social Distancing During the Pandemic: Mobile Money Transfers in Ghana." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-010, July 2022.
- 2003
- Other Unpublished Work
Initiative for a Competitive Milwaukee: A Call to Action
The inner city of Milwaukee holds great promise, but is not advancing economically. The inner city has been hard hit by the loss of many of its largest employers as a result of relocation, acquisition and failure. According to the 2000 US Census data, thirty percent of... View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Initiative for a Competitive Milwaukee: A Call to Action." Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, September 2003. (Report.)
- Portrait Project
Nina Bilimoria
I hear an ambulance siren at 2 AM, and I think, "Someone's family is having a horrible day." I leave yet another lecture on poverty reduction, and I think, "There's so much on the world's to-do list for this short... View Details
- Article
Business and Poverty: Opening Markets to the Poor
By: Djordjija B. Petkoski, V. Kasturi Rangan and William S. Laufer
Petkoski, Djordjija B., V. Kasturi Rangan, and William S. Laufer. "Business and Poverty: Opening Markets to the Poor." Development Outreach 10, no. 2 (June 2008).
- 28 Jun 2022
- Cold Call Podcast
Scaling a Fintech Startup for the Greater Good
- 1989
- Chapter
Permanent Homelessness in America?
By: Brian Hall and Richard B. Freeman
Hall, Brian, and Richard B. Freeman. "Permanent Homelessness in America?" In Labor Markets in Action: Essays in Empirical Economics, edited by R. B. Freeman. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1989.
- September 2012 (Revised February 2013)
- Case
micro Home Solutions: A Social Housing Initiative in India
By: William R. Kerr and Alexis Brownell
mHS is a social enterprise for the provision of affordable housing in India. After India's microfinance industry collapses, mHS needs to reposition itself for continued operations and long-term growth. View Details
Keywords: India; Loans; Development; Micro Finance; Entrepreneurship; Housing; Social Enterprise; Poverty; India
Kerr, William R., and Alexis Brownell. "micro Home Solutions: A Social Housing Initiative in India." Harvard Business School Case 813-092, September 2012. (Revised February 2013.)
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
HBS-Harvard Collaboration Fosters New Ventures
Thrive! helps communities of color Roughly 84 percent of children born into poverty will live in poverty for the rest of their lives. Thrive! is a software-as-a-service that helps local governments break the... View Details
- December 20, 2007
- Article
Profit And Poverty: Why It Matters
By: Michael Chu
Commentary on investing in microfinance View Details
- 2007
- Chapter
Fighting AIDS, Fighting Poverty: Customer Centric Marketing in the Generic Antiretroviral Business
By: Rohit Deshpandé and Zoe Chance
Keywords: Health Disorders; Poverty; Product Marketing; Customers; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry
Deshpandé, Rohit, and Zoe Chance. "Fighting AIDS, Fighting Poverty: Customer Centric Marketing in the Generic Antiretroviral Business." In Business Solutions for the Global Poor: Creating Social and Economic Value, edited by V. Kasturi Rangan, John A. Quelch, Gustavo Herrero, and Brooke Barton. John Wiley & Sons, 2007.