Government
Making Better Use of Big Data
Data is a powerful tool for driving large-scale impact, but using it effectively and responsibly in government and beyond requires intentionality.
Tag: Ethics
Economic Development
Lending an Ear to Loan Beneficiaries
A reminder that getting client and beneficiary feedback—even in the face of competing priorities—is critical to effective program design.
Big Picture
Understanding Risk Tolerance in Grantmaking
By applying behavioral economics theory to philanthropy, we can better manage grantmaker tendencies toward loss and risk aversion, and the effects of other decision-making patterns.
Big Picture
Using Brands for Impact
Social sector brands are more than logos on annual reports; they are tools to drive impact.
Education
The Missing Link in Girls’ Education
Building resilience can improve girls’ health and education faster and more effectively, but it’s a missing component of nearly all global development efforts to improve girls’ outcomes.
Global Issues
Does the Development Sector Need Its Own WikiLeaks?
Could radical transparency in global development lead to better outcomes?
Impact Investing
Impact Investing and a 200-year-old Debate
Three strategies investors can use to create impactful outcomes at scale.
Review
Philanthropy
Not-So-Ordinary Altruism
A defense of Effective Altruism raises the question of just how effective that movement can be.
Socially Responsible Business
Net Positive: The Future of Sustainable Business
Business efforts must become more sustainable and responsible to turn the tide on social inequity and environmental decay. Net positive is a new standard that can help ensure a resilient and regenerative world.
Health
Ends and Means
In the way that people think about end-of-life care, moral and economic motives converge and commingle.