A New Blueprint for Financing Community Development

By David Fukuzawa, Nancy O. Andrews & Rebecca Steinitz 1

The traditional model of community development finance is limited by market conservatism and a focus on scale, rather than local control. We need a new paradigm that prioritizes impact over scale, emphasizes flexible and creative financing strategies, and empowers community voice. | Open access to this article is made possible by The Center for Community Investment, a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.

Strengthening Africa’s Urban Informal Economies

By Joel Bothello & Tim Weiss

Conventional needs-based development policies can be harmful to informal businesses. Instead, development professionals must embrace an asset-based approach, identifying how existing collective solutions foster business resilience. | Open-access to this article made possible by the Concordia University Research Chair in Resilience and Institutions, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University.

The Promise of Blue Carbon Credits

By Maria Medeleanu, Frank Mazza, Thaisa Tylinski Sant’Ana, Fatima Formuli & Joseph Wong

Kenyan fishing villages are restoring their mangroves in exchange for carbon credits and better fish stocks. Their community-led projects offer a model for doing conservation, sustainability, and development right.

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Rewiring the Great Wealth Transfer

By Denise Hearn & Anastasia Mourogova Millin

We need an alternative vision of capital allocation that invests in and ensures a healthier, happier, and more equitable world.

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Tackling the Wealth Defense Industry

By Kate Barron-Alicante & Astrid Scholz on Behalf of the Wealth Hackers Initiative

Economic inequality is a foundational driver of societal breakdown and collapse. We believe the global system that protects entrenched wealth is ripe for disruption. We seek to transform it and help channel wealth to benefit people and the planet.