over 11 years ago // #FeedingDev

No one single organization or sector can solve global hunger, but the private sector has provided great leadership in the areas of nutrition and food security, writes the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation's Kara Valikai for Feeding Development.

over 12 years ago // Contributor: Kara Valikai, BCLC

Globally it is estimated that corporates and governments only spend 1% of their budgets buying from women-owned businesses, and lack of female economic advancement is one reason women make up 70% of the world’s poor. The good news is that including women-owned businesses in global supply chains can increase profit margins, writes Kara Valikia, director of BCLC’s Women’s Economic Empowerment Issue Network.