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they had just recently adopted a new approach: instead of giving money away themselves, they scoured the world for subject matter experts who might have their own, better ideas for how to give away money.

In 2002 the sociologist Marcelo Baumann Burgos wrote a book called Utopian Community about the poor neighbourhood of Rio das Pedras. On the surface Rio das Pedras resembled dozens of other favelas of Rio de Janeiro. But Burgos had found something unusual. The area was remarkably peaceful. Unlike similar settlements, the organised crime gangs such a

increase awareness on the issue of human trafficking. Since we planned to show the documentary Call and Response,

alternatives out there are better for the environment, because they use much less land and water and are responsible for fewer emissions. You also need less grain to produce them, reducing the pressure on food crops and the use of fertilizers

Every person, every company, every institution that has a role in perpetuating poverty also has a role in ameliorating it. The end of poverty is something to stand for, to march for, to sacrifice for. Because poverty is the dream killer, the capability destroyer, the great waster of human potential. It is a misery and a national disgrace, one that

better/faster/cheaper.

Surprisingly, Brazilian homicide rates declined in the first decade of the twenty-first century. Rates had been increasing steadily during the 1980s and 1990s, rising to 25.7 per 100,000 population in 2003. But under the Lula government there was some improvement, with numbers dropping back to a low of 22 per 100,000 by 2010. Several trends explain

“randomistas.” These are researchers who have had enough of the intuition, gut feelings, and ideological bickering of ivory-tower scholars about the needs of people struggling in Africa and elsewhere. What the randomistas want is numbers–incontrovertible data to show which aid helps, and which doesn’t.