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A public health innovation shows that innovators can accelerate the diffusion of products with social impact by pairing design thinking and behavioral science.

The Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance, a network of 304 entrepreneurs from 34 African countries, believes that business, rather than aid, is the key to eradicating poverty on the continent. A Case Study from the Winter 2020 issue.

Measurement & Evaluation

Using Measurement to Manage Impact

By Martina Castro & Matt Ripley

How investors can generate deeper insights into social and environmental impact while bringing concrete business benefits to investees.

Organizational Development

Five Ethical Principles for Humanitarian Innovation

By Peter Batali, Ajoma Christopher & Katie Drew 1

A pragmatic, “good enough” approach to experimentation in humanitarian contexts. The third of five articles in Humanitarian Innovation in Action, a series on innovation as a tool for change within complex institutions.

Food

Boosting Farmer Incomes in Agricultural Supply Chains

By Joost Guijt, Beth Jenkins, Uwe Gneiting & Heather Pfahl 1

Effectively tackling farmer poverty in global supply chains is not about repeating what others have tried in the past—it’s about doing business differently.

Impact Investing

To Augment Tech’s Transformation of Sub-Saharan Africa, Impact Investors Should Focus on the Startup Ecosystem

By Eunice Baguma Ball, Stav Bar-Shany & Maya Adereth

Three recommendations on how impact investors can foster more sustainable changes in Sub-Saharan Africa and its tech sectors by focusing less on "sexy" individual startups and more on universities, hubs, and research and development institutions.

Collaboration

Mobile Innovators

By Jennifer Brinkerhoff & Benjamin A.T. Graham

Diasporan communities have too often been overlooked in business ventures aimed at both increasing profit and providing social good. A feature story from the Fall 2019 issue.

Impact Investing

A Surgical Road Map for Global Prosperity

By Kristin A. Sonderman, Isabelle Citron, Alexander W. Peters & John G. Meara

Massive investment in surgical care is essential for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and improving health equity. The surgical device industry should take the lead. Open access to this article is made possible by Harvard Medical School.