Articles P4450
Measuring Social Impact
Measuring Impact Through Field Experiments
It is important to remember that while all this studying is great, innovators should place a higher priority on helping people when some program or product is effective.
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Urban Development
From Vision to Action
From Vision to Action features tried-and-true ways to mitigate the effects of poverty in America.
Measuring Social Impact
How to Ask the Right Questions
Who is the target population for a microcredit intervention? Your answer will depend largely on where you sit: Academics and microfinance institutions will be interested in different groups of people.
Measuring Social Impact
Measuring Impact Over Time
It is perhaps no coincidence that the development community’s biggest successes—eradication initiatives like polio and smallpox—are precisely the ones that made monitoring central to their work.
Measuring Social Impact
The Mismeasure of Impact
Data scientists and information economists are beginning to pair with social innovators to understand the dynamics of interventions and to separate what works from what doesn’t.
Nonprofit Management
Volunteers and the Power of an Enduring Relationship
If you want a program to succeed, don’t be reluctant to ask for a long-term commitment.
Economic Development
Defining Developing
Understanding the intricacies of making progress in a developing nation.
Nonprofit Management
The Cliff of Unintended Consequences
Making a case for nonprofit talent development.