In 2015, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals set an ethical imperative: end extreme poverty and hunger by 2030. Microfranchising can contribute to this critical effort by offering nonprofit organizations and businesses an opportunity to rapidly scale entrepreneurship within Base of the Pyramid (BOP) markets.
Poverty is a global problem, and fighting it is a historical task faced by humanity. The outbreak of poverty crises has a certain cyclicality, and the development of economic research may react to poverty cycles.
When California shut down in March 2020, advocates for unhoused people thought the state might finally be forced to solve its homelessness crisis. To slow the spread of Covid, they hoped, officials would have to provide people living outside with stable and private shelter and housing.
Prior to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s State of the State speech, there is one item to examine that serves as a building block for all the issues the governor will address – water. Despite unexpected storms in late 2021, California is braced for another year of drought. The water we do have must move throughout the […]
California politicians lament California’s high poverty rate, but state and local government policies hurt the poor. Life is tough for poor people in California – particularly the working poor who are trying to pay their way, but must deal with the state’s very high costs for necessities such as rent, gasoline and utilities.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has a new plan to deal with California’s mentally ill but it should be fully fleshed out before enactment. Beginning in the 19th century and continuing well into the 20th, California maintained an extensive network of state mental hospitals to which people deemed to be dangers to themselves or others were committed, […]
Many families are one paycheck away from being swept into a cycle of poverty and homelessness in California. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed our state’s lack of capacity in addressing this widespread and growing crisis. The cost of living is sky-rocketing faster than families have the means to make adjustments. For example, a two-bedroom apartment in […]
There is widespread energy poverty in the U.S. over the past 25 years. African-American households are more vulnerable than white and Asian households. Energy poverty witnessed the greatest growth among white households during 1990-2015. Racial energy burden varies greatly regarding energy types, end-use demands, and regions. Urgent attention should be given to the increasing number […]
