Raising the Standards for Development Finance
A look at proposed changes to the World Bank’s environmental and social safeguard policies, and where to set the bar on managing risk.
Economic Development - Articles
Social innovations that improve the living standards of the poor (more)
An Incubator for Labor
Through the Workers Lab, union leaders aim to nurture “audacious ideas” that might reinvent the US labor movement.
Entrepreneurship and Ebola
Creating an ethically sourced apparel company in West Africa is hard enough, but when Ebola strikes, the challenges become almost insurmountable.
Bursaries for Girls
The relatively simple act of providing African girls with the money they need to stay in school has achieved significant results.
Review
Past Isn’t Always Prologue
For policy makers today, earlier efforts to promote local community organizing yield relatively few lessons.
Review
A More Perfect Union?
New ideas on how to empower US workers involve breaking free of current labor law.
The Gender Accelerator
Are startup accelerators the future for women and girls?
Teaching Marketplace Literacy with the Help of 3D Printing
A program developed in India to provide marketplace literacy aims for impact in Illinois
The Face of Poverty
A diagnostic framework for shaping innovation and scaling strategies.
Measuring Human Progress
A new report on California highlights how human well-being is a more relevant gauge of progress than economic metrics.