A New Study on Economic Liberty in Pakistan from the Alternate Solutions Institute
“The findings of this study challenge the very rationale of Pakistan’s poverty alleviating strategies, which have constantly been failing as the number of those who are below the Poverty Line, instead of decreasing, has increased.” He further said, “Though this study focuses only on two districts of Punjab, it amply shows the overall inefficacy of [...]
Paraguay: Teach a man how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime
Fundación Paraguaya (Paraguay) is the winner of the Social Entrepreneurship Templeton Freedom Award for its San Francisco Agricultural School, a financially self-sufficient school for transforming poor youth into successful entrepreneurs.
Microwork for the next billion
Samasource, a non-profit based in San Francisco is recognized by the Templeton Freedom Awards for its work training small businesses in poor parts of Africa, and linking them to profitable opportunities working for U.S. clients.
Freedom to Trade Strikes Again
On September the 23rd Atlas’s Global Initiative and an international delegation of students traveled to Pittsburgh for the G20 meetings in order to encourage leaders to resist protectionist temptations. Austin Petersen led the team of 20 free marketeers to Carnegie Mellon University to hand out flyers, shoot a video, and talk to the press in [...]
Poverty, Inequality and Growth in Namibia
The Institute for Public Policy Research, located in the capital city Windhoek in Namibia recently released a policy paper which provides an overview of poverty, inequality and growth in post-Independence Namibia. The main findings of the paper entitled “Poverty, Inequality and Growth Linkages: National and Sectoral Evidence from Post-Independence Namibia” are: • Inequality remained at [...]
When Good Intentions Bring Bad Results
If you thought that American farmers was the only group powerful enough to hold a firm grip on policy makers, you haven’t met the “Landing Beach Committees” of Ghana’s fishing sector. It’s a rare phenomenon, but it’s been known to happen, some subsidies aimed at helping the poor end up benefiting the rich, particularly in [...]
