Here's what's making headlines this week:
Economic Empowerment
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. leads in the area of economic empowerment when it comes to supporting small businesses across the nation.
An alarming 2 billion people around the world still lack access to modern financial services. While the finance gap is most acute in the developing world, communities and businesses across the United States also lack adequate access to finance or have limited financial literacy skills.
Salons as a global economic force
This week, the U.S. Chamber Foundation hosted our third Better Health through Economic Opportunity forum in Orlando, Florida.
A simple paradox has presented itself across the globe in the realm of rural farming: How can smallholder farmers increase their productivity and incomes, when they do not have the financing and training needed to grow a substantial yield in the first place?
[Editor's Note: Scott Jackson, President and CEO, Global Impact, will be speaking at Connect the Dots: How Businesses Solve Global Challenges Locally on October 5-7.
Drew Mena, a vice president at global investment management firm PIMCO, is at work on a Tuesday morning:
CCC works with the UN Foundation on initiatives to promote economic development in the poorest countries. Recently we have stepped up our engagement with the UN Foundation to address the issue of women and girls’ economic empowerment.








