Grassroots Economics - Articles by Will Ruddick

By Will Ruddick
Thu 12 June 2014

A New Kind of Cash

"Cash is the enemy of the poor," wrote Rodger Voorhies, director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's program aimed at improving...

By Will Ruddick
Sun 08 June 2014

Community Waste Collection This weekend the Bangladesh Business Network, the more than 180 people who trade their goods and services with...

By Will Ruddick
Sat 10 May 2014

Registration Last week the Bangladesh Business Network was 'finally' given it's official registration papers with the Kenyan Government...

By Will Ruddick
Thu 01 May 2014

Dear Friends and Colleagues, We are happy to announce that we have won a precedent-setting court victory which legitimates community...

By Will Ruddick
Tue 25 March 2014

After winning court battles, relaunching the program, hearing heart breaking stories and finding amazing results the local government...

By Will Ruddick
Thu 20 March 2014

New Board and Community Service Contributions On April 19th the Bangladesh Business Network had their first official board elections and...

By Will Ruddick
Sun 12 January 2014

In 1982, the late Dr. Margrit Kennedy's work on ecological architecture led her to the conclusion that it is "virtually impossible to...

By Will Ruddick
Mon 30 December 2013

One of our largest supporters and inspirations has passed on. Our whole team and the community of Bangladesh, Kenya wish to offer...

By Will Ruddick
Sun 15 December 2013

Faith based organizations (FBOs) are beginning to step up their usage of Bangla-Pesa to increase community services. FBOs act as a...

By Will Ruddick
Tue 10 December 2013

We've been waiting since May 29th 2013 for this and it is finally here. Bangla-Pesa is back moving through the community. We've...