Overnight links for December 9th

First up, a new survey finds that Saskatchewan residents think poverty as the biggest world concern. Writer Tim Switzer filed this story that we found at the Saskatoon Star Phoenix. 

The crisis of water scarcity was touched on in an article A. D. McKenzie filed for the Inter Press Service.

Jacqueline Novogratz of the Acumen fund has penned another op-ed piece for the Huffington Post. Novogratz presents a new video from the fund that describes how "patient capital" works.

Finally, The Free Press from Mankato, Minnesota takes a look at the latest poverty statistics for their local area.