Timor-Leste was the first sovereign state declared in the 21st Century. After decades of invasion, persecution, and genocide the new country, in a David and Goliath outcome, received its independence on 20th May 2002, something to be truly proud of. Not so pride inducing was receiving 3rd …

Since 2008, international investment in land and commodity crops like palm oil have surged as pension funds, asset owners and asset managers see cheap land, high food prices, growing biofuels markets, and carbon speculation combining to promise high returns on investment. But these very investors are now …

Can innovation happen inside large humanitarian organizations, and if so, what are effective-and ineffective-ways to foster that? NGOs which have already achieved massive scale provide a golden opportunity and ready market for actually attaining wide-spread impact. What is the role of start-ups, the synergies between the newbies …

Why do the very poor sometimes opt for higher-risk services over lower-risk ones? Why can you find more households with cell phones and TV’s than savings accounts in developing countries? Low-income groups interact with money in sometimes surprising but increasingly distinct and predictable ways. This panel will …

Endless was founded in 2012 with a single mission: to provide access to affordable personal computers to people in the developing world. Just over two billion people have computers. Nearly five billion can’t afford one. With the plummeting cost of faster microprocessors, the next billion people will …