On a crisp fall day, I left New England to begin my first job in microenterprise development. But as soon as I stepped off the airplane, Cambodia’s heavy, humid air reminded me I was thousands of miles from home. In the coming days, the differences between my old and new homes felt stark. While...
Ending Poverty: Three Hopeful Signs
Could we see the end of extreme poverty in our lifetime? Just two hundred years ago, almost the entire world’s population lived in extreme poverty. Today, less than 10 percent do. (In the past forty years alone, the percent of people living in extreme poverty has dropped by over 30 percentage points.) In my...
Supporting Entrepreneurship in the USA
The last few months, I’ve had a number of conversations with friends who wonder how the principles that drive HOPE could be applied domestically. It’s an important question, and although HOPE has decided to remain focused internationally, I strongly believe we need more organizations working to help restore dignity through the gift of employment...