by Ruth Leifer As a social entrepreneurship student, I focus a large part of my studies on ways in which inequality can be reduced or absolved. So when Professor Stephen Nathanson began the Fourth Annual Boston Symposium on Economics by posing the question what is the opposite of income inequality, Read more…
A reflection by Maria Castillo “Money makes you happy but helping others is SUPER happiness!” – Professor Muhammad Yunus, Global Social Business Summit 2014 I was born and raised in Guatemala, a small poverty-ridden country where opportunities for most are lacking or close to nonexistent. For as long as I can Read more…
by Alex Vipond “Flipping the classroom” is a teaching technique that is gaining popularity very quickly as a cheap, effective style of education. The idea is that our classrooms will no longer rely on in-class lectures—students will instead watch lecture videos at home, at their own pace and with full Read more…
by Kim Izar and Gabby Vasquez “Connecting people through lending to alleviate poverty.” These words serve as Kiva’s mission statement, but in the few weeks that we have been here, one word continues to stand out: connect. It is still surreal to think of all the incredible people with whom Read more…
by Professor Sophie Bacq The soon approaching deadline of 2015, by which all the world’s nations and leading development institutions agreed to meet eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), forces us to reflect on achievements and areas for improvement. In this vein, we must assess where we stand in terms of Read more…
The Cambodia Chroniclesby Alex Sobrado I graduated from Northeastern in January (2015) and am glad to say that I have a job lined up in San Diego starting in July. Having a few months off, I wanted to travel and try my hand at working in microfinance. After working an Read more…