Social Services
Pay for Systems Change
The real promise of pay-for-success lies in changing how government funds social services.
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Social Enterprise
How to Help a Social Startup Thrive
Five rules of the road from a seed-stage investor in financial technology for the underserved.
Measurement & Evaluation
When Does Pay-for-Success Make Sense?
Seven criteria for assessing whether an intervention is right for pay-for-success financing.
Government
What’s Next for Financial Technology Innovation
Governments in emerging markets need to take a holistic approach to creating business environments that truly enable financial technology (FinTech) innovation.
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Building a Canadian Social Finance Fund
Government and its partners can achieve transformative change by taking a big leap.
Impact Investing
The Next Phase of Innovative Financing
Why pay-for-success models of humanitarian impact investing offer promise for the future.
Economic Development
A New Paradigm for Microfinance: Savings and Credit
While they are no magic wand and really only work as part of a holistic approach, there is enormous potential for international development organizations to help communities help themselves through savings and credit groups.
Impact Investing
Marginalized Returns
Impact investing has been seduced by a false narrative of combining social impact with financial gains.
Environment
Where Credit Is Due?
Credit unions focused specifically on financing environmental projects are beginning to offer a much-needed source of loans.
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Economic Development
The Closer You Look, the Worse It Seems
New research details how US families struggle with unstable income not just from year to year but even from week to week.