Foundations
How to Make Society’s Risk Capital Riskier
Philanthropy must hire outside the box, write the first check, and take unsolicited applications.
Tag: Africa
Health
How to Ensure Medical Devices Help Communities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Governments, foundations, and social enterprises that want to ramp up the production and distribution of medical equipment in response to COVID-19 and other ongoing threats need to assess the process holistically or risk overpromising and underdelivering on important aid. Part of a series on civil society's response to the pandemic.
Philanthropy & Funding
When Peers Work Together to Drive Social Change
Funders can build on “constituent engagement” by supporting peer groups as they lead their own change and work collectively to advance their lives.
Education
A Medical School for Changemaking
How Amani Institute is building a skills-based and inclusive curriculum for changemaking in the developing world. Part of the Innovating Higher Education series.
Technology
Bank You
BanQu is the world’s first non-cryptocurrency blockchain app to help the world’s poorest people establish a verifiable economic identity. A Field Report from the Summer 2020 issue.
Leadership
New Leadership for Global Health
The Adaptive Leadership Framework can help the international health community address the most complex problems in preventing communicable diseases and other global health threats. A Viewpoint from the Summer 2020 issue.
Food
Building Investor Appetite for Nutritious Food
Increasing access to quality food worldwide requires money from investors for food-related enterprises. Blended finance can help boost their risk tolerance. A Viewpoint from the Summer 2020 issue.
Health
The Cultural and Social Challenges to Slowing the Pandemic in Africa
The coronavirus was slow to make its way to Africa, but it is now there in full force and will be difficult to contain because of certain cultural and social behaviors.
Scaling
Four Mindsets That Accelerate Nonprofit Growth
A reflection on how a set of strategies related to target-setting, financial modeling, program measurement, and organizational culture helped one organization reach a major milestone.
Impact Investing
Development Impact Bonds for Maternal and Child Health
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals will require new funding mechanisms beyond overseas assistance. Though not without challenges, development impact bonds, including those launched to reduce maternal and child mortality, offer an encouraging option. A feature story from the Spring 2020 issue.