Aid Trade & Development

Agrofuels in the Americas

Book | Richard Jonasse | Sep 22, 2009

In the Global South, the rural poor and indigenous peoples are losing their lands, and with it, the ability to feed themselves. The agrofuels trade places poor laborers at the bottom of an export-oriented value chain from which they cannot escape.

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The Limits of Microcredit: A Bangladesh Case

Backgrounders & Issue Brief | Jason Cons and Kasia Paprocki | Dec 1, 2008

In rural Bangladesh, microcredit is not achieving its core goals of poverty alleviation, financial independence, and gender equality.

Alternatives to the Peace Corps, 12th Edition

Book | Caitlin Hachmyer | Apr 29, 2008

Want to work on a volunteer project that really matters but don't know where to start looking? Alternatives to the Peace Corps is the original resource for finding community-based, meaningful volunteer work.

The Great Agrofuel Swindle

Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez and Isabella Kenfield | Mar 26, 2008

In December 2007, the Energy Independence and Security Act passed the House and Senate, and was signed into law by…