Uploaded on Nov 30, 2009

Acumen Fund's origin story told through the diverse voices in our community.Uploaded on Nov 12, 2011

Learn more about the Acumen Fund Fellows Program here. www.acumenfund.org/fellows.html

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Published on Mar 7, 2013

Go where markets and government have failed before. The Status Qou and Business as Usual cannot exist any longer.  Investing as a means, not just an end.  Jacqueline Novogratz, social entrepreneur, and founder of the Acumen Fund.  TEDxEuston,

Intro and Outro music by Kadialy Kouyate performed at TEDxEuston 2011. You can view the full performance here.

Bill Moyers has followed the stories of two Milwaukee families since 1991. Like thousands of others, they were caught in the powerful undertow of a merciless economy and a changing city, constantly faced with devastating challenges and difficult choices. Bill revisits his reports on these families, and also explores the human price of inequality with journalists Barbara Miner and Barbara Garson. Click on images to order their books from Amazon or visit your local book store. Thank you.

Published on Jul 4, 2013

Dr. Jim Kim introduces himself and asks for citizen input by asking these questions: What are your views on the best ways to eradicate poverty? What are the most exciting innovations that can bring greater prosperity to everyone? How can we harness the great experience that exists in member countries?
Submit your questions and comments in the form below or tweet with #AskJimKim and follow @WorldBank on Twitter for updates.

Ms. Iddrisu's presentation at the conference entitled, "Optimizing Talent: Closing Educational and Social Mobility Gaps Worldwide" at the Salzburg Global Seminar in Dec. 2011.

Betty Mould Iddrisu, The Minister of Education in Ghana, speaks on the critical importance of education on society, and how her country is working hard to reform the educational system to provide quality education to all. She elaborates on the necessity to replace the approx. 5000 "schools under trees" with more functional and permanent solutions, to provide quality teachers to rural children, and to make sure that girls have equal chances as boys do, regarding education.

Jacqueline Novogratz brings us a series of insightful stories and unforgettable characters — from women dancing in a Nairobi slum, to unwed mothers starting a bakery, to courageous survivors of the Rwandan genocide, to entrepreneurs building services for the poor against impossible odds. Her book, The Blue Sweater is the inspiring story of a woman who has spent her life on a quest to understand global poverty and to find powerful new ways of tackling it.