Impact Investing
The Evolution of Impact Investment in India
A look at the quantum growth trends and prevalent investment approach over the last 14 years.
Tag: Financial Inclusion
Impact Investing
Student Finance: A New Frontier for Impact Investing?
Student-lending innovations from emerging markets could expand access to education.
Education
Franchising a “Fireball”
Aflatoun, a global social and financial education program, is relying on partnerships rather than centralized control to scale up.
Microfinance
Broken Rules, Better Loans?
Loan officers’ discretion plays a large role in determining the success of a micro-lending organization.
Economic Development
Tackling Financial Exclusion
How to provide sustainable banking solutions for low-income consumers in the United States and abroad.
Nonprofit Management
Transformative Scale Means “Crowding In”
We must develop and scale programs and ideas that harness the power of social movements.
Technology & Design
The Challenge of Scaling Digitally
The role of emerging technologies in traditionally “high-touch” development organizations—insights from BRAC’s recent Frugal Innovation Forum.
Measuring Social Impact
Measuring the Indirect Impacts of Market Innovators
Why measuring indirect impact matters and how on earth we can do it.
Collaboration
Engaging Underserved Consumers Through Community Groups
Eight community group-business partnership models for reaching underserved consumers.
Socially Responsible Business
Subsidizing Impact
The right formula for creating a socially beneficial enterprise often includes a strong dose of up-front philanthropic support