Energy
Get Rid of the Grid?
An emerging business model that aims to reduce energy poverty holds real promise. But it needs a jump-start.
Tag: Africa
From The Field
Building Local Currency
Three lessons from successful advocacy projects in the Global South.
Social Entrepreneurship
Looking to Nature for Social Innovation
Tapping into latent knowledge within and around us can spark ideas and inspiration for solving social issues.
Socially Responsible Business
Engaging Employees for Emerging Market Success
Intel’s new approach to getting technology into rural classrooms worldwide.
Measuring Social Impact
Metrics 3.0: A New Vision for Shared Metrics
After accountability and standardization, what should the next phase of measurement focus on?
Impact Investing
Student Finance: A New Frontier for Impact Investing?
Student-lending innovations from emerging markets could expand access to education.
Nonprofit Management
VisionSpring Aims to Provide Eyeglasses to Millions
The connection between proper vision and economic development.
Nonprofit Management
When the Rhythm Changes, So Must the Dance
Why careful listening is important to starting and scaling positive social change.
Advocacy
Scrutinizing ONE’s “Secret Sauce” for Global Social Change
How a global NGO has fought extreme poverty using a formula that mixes pragmatic incrementalism and practical idealism with pop culture.
Economic Development
Making Cash Pay Off
GiveDirectly relies on high tech and hard data to test whether large cash transfers can alleviate extreme poverty.