New Orleans: The Hub of Water Management Innovation?
The 21st century needs to harness the power of water, and the battered coastal city of New Orleans may just have the goods to do it.
Solutions - Articles
Before the Backlash, Let’s Redefine User-Centered Design
We must better understand user-centered design’s limitations—not just its strengths—in the context of international development. And we must adapt it from its original uses designing commercial products to solving for social good.
Boarding Call for Next-Gen Leaders
The millennial generation cares about the state of the world and wants to get involved—so why do so few boards have young members?
Bringing Impact Bonds to the Global South
Are impact bonds—with all their complexity, stringent data requirements, and high transaction costs—appropriate for the developing world?
The Doer and the Payer: A Simple Approach to Scale
Growth and scale aren't the same thing. Here's what you need to know if you're serious about getting to scale.
After Pay for Success: Doubling Down on What Works
When a pay-for-success project succeeds in improving social outcomes, governments should establish a new performance-based contract to continue to scale successful programs.
Measuring SSIR’s Impact
An introduction to the fall 2015 issue.
The Payoff of Pay-for-Success
Up for debate: The pay-for-success model will have a positive impact, just not in the way that many proponents think. Includes additional, online-only responses from a variety of thought leaders.
The New Face of Corporate Activism
Social intrepreneurs have an opportunity to change their companies for the better, from the inside out.
Can We Measure Media Impact? Surveying the Field
Two scholars analyze an array of current approaches to gauging whether and how news organizations make a difference in the world.