Economic Development
Gender Lens Investing: Uncovering Opportunities for Growth, Returns, and Impact
How gender lens investing can contribute to economic prosperity and equal rights.
How gender lens investing can contribute to economic prosperity and equal rights.
A new, and easier, scientific approach to determining the quality of evidence can help the social sector better assess—and therefore better address—social problems.
Three trends that will drive scale and take impact investing to the next level.
We need to double down on the gritty business of impact. Here’s how.
To make progress on ideologically or politically sticky issues, social sector organizations must reshape their messaging to do more than cite facts; they must use smart storytelling and craft solutions that don’t require those they want to reach to sacrifice their values.
How foundations can reimagine a proven philanthropic tool to more effectively address today’s social and environmental challenges.
By combining the characteristics of small and nimble organizations with those that have successfully scaled, can we have our impact and our numbers too?
How combining “high-tech” and “high-touch” support can improve global financial health.
The social sector must better support entrepreneurs and professionals who have migrated from the developing world, and who want to positively influence social change in their countries of origin.
Many microfinance impact investors are not monitoring the social components of the financial service providers (FSPs) they finance—but doing so can make a substantial difference to business success.