http://www.nextbillion.net/newsroom/2006/07/17/fighting-poverty-with-2-a-day-jobs Comments for "Fighting Poverty With $2-a-Day Jobs" en http://www.nextbillion.net/newsroom/2006/07/17/fighting-poverty-with-2-a-day-jobs <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-4"><span class="flexinode-timestamp-13"> July 16, 2006 - 09:00, </span> <span class="flexinode-textfield-14"> The New York Times</span> <div class="flexinode-textfield-15"> Fighting Poverty With $2-a-Day Jobs</div><br> <div class="form-item"> <label>Story Link:</label> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/16/business/yourmoney/16view.html?ex=1153713600&amp;en=76bb974191236a7a&amp;ei=5070&amp;emc=eta1">http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/16/business/yourmoney/16view.html?ex=1153713600&amp;en=76bb974191236a7a&amp;ei=5070&amp;emc=eta1</a> </div> <div class="flexinode-textarea-6"> Excerpt: Jacqueline Novogratz, a veteran of the Rockefeller Foundation and a former consultant to the World Bank, talks enthusiastically about the development of a company in Africa where some 2,000 women earn, on average, $1.80 a day producing antimalarial bed netting. With the assistance of a $350,000 loan from an American investor, the business started making the nets nearly three years ago and is likely to add 1,000 more jobs within the next year.<br class="clear" /></div> </div> http://www.nextbillion.net/newsroom/2006/07/17/fighting-poverty-with-2-a-day-jobs#comment Business Development Health Successful Models The Policy Agenda Sub-Saharan Africa Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:44:13 -0400 Ethan Arpi 3009 at http://www.nextbillion.net