CDB Reports

Poverty

Lending solutions: Dialogue with Gao Zhan

Editor’s Note: Originating from Bangladesh, Grameen Bank has provided millions of small loans to poor individuals all over the world over the years. As radical as it may seem, Grameen Bank has reached 8.4 million people in both developed and…

Mobile phone app for poverty alleviation comes under scrutiny

A mobile phone app named 社会扶贫 (social poverty alleviation) has recently become a focus of attention on the Chinese internet. The app was designed by the “China Social Poverty Alleviation Net”, an internet platform under the management of the State…

He Daofeng receives Global Outstanding Social Entrepreneur Award

The Global Outstanding Social Entrepreneur Award was presented to He Daofeng, the former Executive President of China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation (CFPA), at the Global CSR Summit held by Global CSR Foundation (GCSRF) in New Yok on 15th October 2019.

Ministry of Civil Affairs releases annual plan to support social organizations

China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs has released its annual policy document on government support for social organizations providing social services, entitled the “2019 Plan for Implementing the Central Financial Support for Social Organizations Participating in Social Service Projects” (2019年中央财政支持社会组织参与社会服务项目实施方案). According…

Social organizations promoting poverty alleviation

A report was recently published by the Xinhua News Agency, stating that until February 9 the number of registered social organizations had exceeded 816,000, and there were 2300 social organizations registered under the Ministry of Civil Affairs according to the…

45 million Yuan marked for poverty alleviation in Sichuan

On the 6th of June, it was announced in the conference of the provincial social organisations involved in deep poverty alleviation in impoverished counties that the Sichuan civil administration has arranged funds of 45 million RMB from 2018 to 2020…

Bridging Gaps in China: an Interview with Michael Hermann

Michael Hermann, Humana People to People's China representative, talks to CDB about his organization's work in rural Yunnan, China's efforts to eliminate poverty, the Overseas NGO Law and much more in this wide-ranging interview.

Dollar Street – a new way to travel the world

Bill Gates recently shared his passion for the website Dollar Street. In two blog posts, the American magnate and philanthropist describes his fascination with the site, which is based on the concept of imagining that everyone in the world lives…