I just got sent this link. It is a video that sort of follows along a line of thought that seems to be common in micro financing and new age development studies. i.e invest in girls and ‘let them do the rest’.

I imagine is slightly controversial? In my experience men are the first to get hurt and angry when someone suggests that maybe they are not the answer.

It might be a little idealistic? You can’t buy 6 million girls a cow and expect the world to become a better place.

But it definitely makes a lot of sense. There has been all sorts of research (and generally it’s done by the people leading the micro financing charge) that shows that lending to small groups of women is the most effective and successful method of increasing the living standards of the world’s poorest.

I also LOVE the idea that you are investing in these people, not donating to them.