Dialogue

Visiting orphanages is bad for kids (and other lessons from the making of Poverty, Inc.)

Poverty, Inc. co-producer Mark R. Weber discusses orphans, microfinance, fair trade, social entrepreneurship, and other lessons learned making Poverty, Inc. at the Jubilee Professional conference in Pittsburgh.

"This land is not for sale."

Speaking on a panel called "Growth Markets, Development Opportunities: Africa & the Middle East" this evening at the MIT World Real Estate Forum at the MIT Media Lab, Accra-based real estate Carlo Matta of Laurus Development Partners explained the pervasive challenge of land title ambiguity dampening economic activity in countries like Ghana.