Thirty years ago, a greater percentage of China’s population lived below the poverty line than in most other countries, according to the World Bank. Drastic economic reforms were undertaken. From 1981 to 2005, the proportion of China’s population living in poverty dropped from 84 percent to 16 percent. Photo courtesy of Joel Esler China’s...
Five of my Favorite Development Organizations
Speaking candidly, sometimes I think it’s so easy to get focused on who we are and what we do that we don’t look around and see other organizations accomplishing life-changing work around the world, so I want to share with you several organizations doing excellent work in the same space. Edify: My friend...