Start-ups Bring New Solutions to Cash-Flow Challenges
The financial services industry is at the beginning of a wave of innovation that has the potential to improve consumer financial health.
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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.
Civic Engagement
Automatic Voter Registration Boosts Political Participation
Studies of voter registration systems around the world and recent reforms in the United States suggest that automatic voter registration can significantly increase registration rates and enhance turnout.
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.
The Role of Philanthropy and Nonprofits in Increasing US Voter Turnout
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and Stanford Social Innovation Review have partnered to publish a 15-part series of articles exploring whether and how philanthropy and nonprofits can improve US voter turnout and civic participation.
Impact Investing: Four Opportunities for 2016
Let’s be ambitious about using innovative financing to help sort out global supply chains, provide catalytic capital for energy transition, and link talent in emerging markets to online marketplaces.
The Failures of the Paris Climate Change Agreement and How Philanthropy Can Fix Them
Philanthropy needs to support climate justice, undercut the power of the fossil fuel industry, beware false solutions, and support clean energy.
Why Governance Matters for Stability in Iraq
Donors face an urgent and critical choice: continue to prioritize military initiatives, or invest more in improving governance.
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.