Financial Security in an Age of Short-Term Volatility
Policies aimed at generating long-term financial security have become irrelevant to many American households. We need new policies to shore up households in the short term.
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Solving for Shelter: Matching Income Volatility with Housing Stability
Housing programs and policies implicitly assume households have stable incomes. Here’s some ways to change them.
Precarious Work and the Employment-based Safety Net
Welfare reform to encourage work doesn’t take into account how unstable jobs have become, especially for the poorest.
Refugee Crisis: Capitalism to the Rescue?
Solving the problem means taking an inclusive approach to foster sustainable development in the countries of origin.
Mismatch: How Income and Expense Volatility Are Undermining Households
Even when households are saving a lot, growing income and expense volatility mean building assets is harder than ever.
Encouraging Innovation Everywhere
Youth voices in resource-constrained environments suggest that understanding socio-economic context is an important factor in encouraging innovation.
The Hidden Lives of America’s Poor and Middle Class
The financial lives of Americans have dramatically changed. The programs, policies, and products designed to help them need to change too.
Investing in Impact Off the Beaten Path
Two considerations for impact investors looking to extend their reach to fragile and conflict-afflicted markets—where the need for responsible capital is greatest.
Charting New Pathways Out of Poverty
If we’re going to help poor families gain agency, dignity, and mobility, we need poverty measurements that point the way to a decent standard of living.
The Top-Down, Bottom-Up Development Challenge
Do international development projects designed and managed at the grassroots level perform better than those managed from the outside?