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Investing in Population-Level Change
Five insights about social mobility and the role of big bet philanthropy.
Government - Articles
Innovative public sector policies and programs (more)
Design Thinking Without Deep Data Will Fail Our Customers in Global Health
It is imperative to include customers in solving problems, but jumping straight into human-centered design misses the rich and insightful data required to shift the system and achieve better results.
Making Civic Engagement Efforts Work
New experiments with civic engagement, outreach, and philanthropic models in Philadelphia offer inspiration for leaders across the social sector.
Finding the Sweet Spot for Innovation Within Government Systems
Three guiding principles for NGOs looking to find where they best fit within government-run systems and ensure long-term impact.
Social Impact Bonds: More Than One Approach
A look at how social impact bonds differ between projects and geographies, and how those differences impact practical implementation.
Almost Everything You Know About Impact Investing Is Wrong
Growing confusion about impact investing's key principles and practices has it headed for a fall.
Development Impact Bonds: There’s Still No Free Lunch
We’re in big trouble if complicated, expensive schemes like these are what it takes to get big funders to fund for impact.
Eight Tips for Communicating Ideas to Busy Policymakers
How foundations, nonprofits, and others can effectively convey—and convince policymakers to support—their programs and proposals for social change.
French Law Revisits Corporate Purpose
A new French law is about to revamp the country’s civil code and its 200-year-old definition of the corporate purpose.
The Hidden Costs of Public Contracting
Nonprofits need a strategy to ensure that public dollars don’t put them in the red.