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A Tale of Two Intermediaries
RSPN and Nesta teach lessons about achieving social impact in the Global South and North.
Solutions - Articles
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Creating a Funding Environment for Scaling Up Social Impact
The role of donors in building broad social ecosystems for scaling up social innovations, particularly in the developing world.
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Scaling Up Inclusive Markets
More poor households benefit when the private and social sectors work together to build better environments for inclusive business.
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Lessons in Scaling and Failing
The challenges of scaling up programs aimed at empowering adolescent girls in Bangladesh and Uganda.
Framing Is Personal
In campaigns to promote human rights, messages that highlight the experience of specific victims tend to be most effective.
Why Cooperate?
A study of producer organizations in Uganda highlights the role of reciprocity as a motivating force among members.
Gaming Out Collective Action
Cultural factors, including gender norms, can have a decisive impact on efforts to build social cohesion in developing countries.
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When Everyone Is an Expert
In an era of instant feedback and crowdsourcing, the government misses out when it relies solely on authorized voices.
What Impact Investors Can Learn from the Microfinance Industry
Substitute the word “impact” for “social performance,” and current debates in the investment community sound exactly like the ones the microfinance industry had 10 years ago. The investor community can learn from microfinance’s successful efforts to set standards for non-financial returns—the “other bottom line.”
Human-Centered Design for the Voting Experience
IDEO brings a human-centered design lens to voting in Los Angeles County—and finds compelling opportunities to increase participation nationally.