How to Help a Social Startup Thrive
Five rules of the road from a seed-stage investor in financial technology for the underserved.
Economic Development - Most Popular
Social innovations that improve the living standards of the poor (more)
Holding Up the Sky: Achieving Women’s Empowerment Requires Working with Women and Men
Involving men in women’s economic development projects can lead to higher impact for women and changes in gender norms.
A Tax-Funded Nonprofit to Create Happy Families
Colombia’s Comfama has brought critical economic and social services to Medellín. Can this public-private hybrid continue to bolster the country’s growing middle class?
Economic Development
360-Degree Development
Swades Foundation is working to break nonprofit community development efforts out of their silos in India.
The Art of the Development Deal
The Trump administration can use foreign aid to further American interests and improve the lives of people around the world.
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Finding a Place for Refugees
The refugee crisis demands bold responses that treat migrants not as drains on host societies but rather as assets to them.
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Keeping it Real
Simon's book warns against short-sighted impact investing that brings more benefit to investors than to the communities it supposedly supports.
Desegregating the Home-Sharing Economy
A collaboration between the NAACP and Airbnb is one of several new efforts to reduce racial discrimination on home-sharing platforms.
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Canada and the Sustainable Development Goals
What is the role of community-based innovation in a rapidly changing world?
Growing Urban Agriculture
To feed the world’s growing population, we must do more to promote the success of urban farms through better tracking, financial incentives, land use, and support systems.