Low-income - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2001
News

Reaching Out

a global institution devoted to expanding low-income women's economic access, participation, and power. The second half of her summer was devoted to fieldwork with ImpactPartners, a venture philanthropy organization that assists... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance

31 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 31

an alternative commitment device that is widespread and highly accessible, but there is little empirical evidence evaluating their effectiveness. We conduct two randomized field experiments among low-income micro-entrepreneurs in Chile.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel

08 Nov 2016
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November 8, 2016

impact investment funds to achieve significant financial returns to scale. This case allows for a competitive analysis of DBL's investment strategy as it seeks to deploy $400m, as well as the opportunity to evaluate a specific investment in a solar power company... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 12, 2006

power in Ghana's history. Focuses on Ghana's long history of poor economic performance and intractable poverty, highlighting the challenges of economic development in Africa and in other low-income countries. Provides a brief political... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 May 2009
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First Look: May 19, 2009

that Invest Early children were better prepared for kindergarten than their low-income counterparts and the proficiency gap between Invest Early and high-income children had decreased significantly. Integrating and sustaining such a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 1997
News

Growing Together

sites and perform other labor-intensive high-tech work. A year later, that company is up and running. CitySoft (www.citysoft.com), which harnesses the computer skills of young adults from low-income Boston neighborhoods, has just... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry

16 Dec 2020
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Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

Hack.Diversity, which aims to improve Black and Latinx representation in Boston’s innovation economy; launching Little Black Library to promote education on racial justice and the Black experience by sharing books; and helping raise capital for Uptrust, a software firm... View Details

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humanity, accessing goods and services, not through government or civil society, but through markets. Yet this remains largely unstudied. Through 24 cases, module summaries and guest protagonists, this course seeks to fill the gap. Composed of the emerging middle class... View Details

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