Economic Development
The Dirt on Seed-Funding Social Change
As philanthropists, I think our deepest duty is to gamble on people, through untried solutions that just might overturn ancient societal inequities.
Tag: Poverty
Understanding why people are poor and innovative ways to alleviate poverty
Business
Microinsurance: Scaling Through Peer Learning
Insurers in Peru and South Africa are learning from each other how to reach low-income clients and help break the cycle of poverty.
Education
Seizing the Moment on Early Childhood Care and Education
Three ways to improve early childhood systems and improve equity.
Nonprofit Management
Transformative Scale Means “Crowding In”
We must develop and scale programs and ideas that harness the power of social movements.
Urban Development
What Makes a “World-Class” City?
Planners must shift their attention to the informal economy that is the invisible engine of true urban greatness.
Social Entrepreneurship
Seven Elements of Social Innovation
A new framework emerges for social innovation education.
Philanthropy
GiveThoughtfully: It Depends on Your Point of View
Bringing a discussion of cash transfers in for a landing.
Philanthropy
Broadening the Aperture of Measurement
What research can and does tell us about unconditional cash transfers.
Philanthropy
Grantmaking, Public Policy…and Tums
Exemplary grantmakers follow evidence, not presumptions, and recognize that effective strategy requires transforming enough things, not everything.
Government
Beyond Aid
As leaders across sectors convene to discuss the new global agenda, the opportunity to collaborate on a new breed of large-scale development projects known as innovative financing has never been brighter.