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Market-Minded Development

By Hima Batavia, Justin Chakma, Hassan Masum, & Peter Singer 5

Acumen Fund uses impact investing to tackle global poverty. It's approach has garnered attention, but does it change aid?

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The Emerging Social Impact Market

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Annually, more than a trillion dollars are spent on millions of American nonprofit and government institutions. And 15 nonprofits are started each day. But there is still not significant progress on social issues in the United States. In this audio lecture, sponsored by the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Andrew Wolk, CEO of Root Cause, argues that the time has come for a social impact market—one that fosters innovation and collaboration across the governmental, business, and nonprofit sectors to maximize scarce resources and spread solutions. Wolk believes this cross-sector approach presents our best chance to solve long-term educational, healthcare, environmental, and other problems.

Leif Nelson, author of “Shared Social Responsibility: A Field Experiment in Pay-What-You-Want Pricing and Charitable Giving” on social responsibility and corporate philanthropy
Podcast

Name Your Price

Featuring Leif Nelson

Identity-related purchasing decisions are illuminated by Leif Nelson who shows how cause-related marketing intersects with pay-what-you-want pricing.

Micro-Savings: Are We There Yet?

By Reeta Roy 2

Micro-savings have been described as the “Next Big Thing” in the global development agenda. But we are not there yet, particularly with regards to young people living in poverty.

THE COMING FAMINE: The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid It Julian Cribb
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Food Solutions

Review By Janine Yorio

The Coming Famine: The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid It by Julian Cribb

Winter 2011