This special supplement examines how the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation uses program-related investments—loans, equity stakes, and guarantees—to complement its traditional grant making.
Investing in smart strategies and passionate people.
A conversation with Julie Sunderland, founding director of Program Related Investments at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
How a strategic investment steered an educational-technology startup into trouble.
Using the off-grid solar revolution to unlock credit for low-income customers in Africa.
Increasing supplies and cutting prices for contraceptives without spending a dime.
A report on strategic investing at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
How a dose of banking discipline strengthened financing for smallholder farmers.
How a broad bet on a biotech company paid off in promising drugs for neglected diseases.
Investing in collaboration between public school districts and charter school networks.
