Kallendorf, Hilaire2014-09-162017-04-072014-09-162017-04-072012-052012-07-16http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2012-05-10871This dissertation demonstrates how ACE has successfully equipped thousands of poor Filipinos with the tools necessary for them to raise themselves out of poverty by offering them a culture-specific curriculum that they can implement in their businesses. Furthermore, it will be argued that ACE's culture-specific curriculum could theoretically be applied in Mexico, where the "culture of poverty" exists in abundance.en-USCulture, PovertyNecessity EntrepreneurshipMicro-Enterprise EducationThesis