Working Toward Financial Inclusion With Blockchain
Four ways blockchain technology is beginning to help people in countries such as Kenya and Argentina build more resilient and prosperous lives through greater access to financial services.
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Restoring Communal Lands
Sustainable pine resin producer Ejido Verde uses an adaptive reforestation model to replenish supply and meet demand.
The Great Disrupter of Disadvantage
Education stops intergenerational transmission of disadvantages, Danish administrative data shows.
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Getting to Zero
Authors Michael Lenox and Rebecca Duff call for disruptive innovations and radical reconfiguration of industries to decarbonize the planet by 2050.
SSIR Online, Winter 2022 Issue
A collection of standout pieces published online about impact accounting, intersectional storytelling, NGO endgames, universal basic income in South Korea, and a social enterprise supporting coffee growers in Central America.
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From Plow to Prosperity
Babban Gona provides the capital and means to move Nigeria’s poor farmers from a life of subsistence to economic security—and a model for alleviating poverty across Africa.
Podcast
A Fair Deal for Coffee Growers
Vega Coffee lifts up struggling coffee growers in Latin America by enabling them to roast, package, and ship their own beans directly to US customers—and reinvents the supply chain in the process.
The Problem of Social Benefit
Economists have obsessed over the question of negative externalities, but market arrangements can also generate positive externalities. We should consider how to harness them for public good. | Open access to this article made possible by Harvard Business School Division of Research and Faculty Development
Building Relationships, Strengthening Neighborhoods
Systems change efforts that focus on boosting social capital and collective efficacy through building relationships within communities show promise. But do we have the patience to wait for them to work?
Bringing Evidence-Based Policy Change to Rural China
Stanford University’s Rural Education Action Program has established a one-of-a-kind research collaborative among Chinese, US, and European universities to improve the lot of rural Chinese families. Its success shows the potential of applying scientific methods to development and forging global partnerships for social impact.