Philanthropy & Funding
How Foundations Make an Impact
Research shows that foundations are motivated by impact in their grantmaking.
Tag: India
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Economic Development
Five Industry-Changing Principles from India
An excerpt from Reverse Innovation in Health Care: How To Make Value-Based Delivery Work
IMPACT INDIA
New Frontiers in Indian Corporate Social Responsibility
The timing is opportune for CSR to catalyze impact in India’s development sector.
Organizational Development
Learning to Live in a Team-of-Teams World
Five years ago, Bill Drayton described the emergence of a new organizational model for the social sector. Recent research highlights its promise.
Social Enterprise
Creating New Markets for Tribal Art
By digitizing indigenous designs for commercial use, Roots Studio connects tribal artists and villages to the global economy, generating new sources of income while preserving cultural traditions.
Water & Sanitation
Rural Sanitation in India: The Poo Party
While a national effort to eliminate open defecation across India still has a long way to go, a variety of local and regional efforts aimed specifically at changing behavioral norms are pointing the way forward.
Philanthropy & Funding
Making Indian Philanthropy Matter
To translate India’s robust growth in giving into impact, the sector must find ways to address the roots of inequality, nonprofit dependency on business, and an underdeveloped philanthropic system.
Education
Low Performance and High Satisfaction: The Information Paradox of Bad Schools
Parents in emerging economies seem happy with schools that don’t teach their kids very much. The lack of demand for good quality education could be one of the biggest barriers to solving the education crisis.
Social Enterprise
Rethinking Women’s Work in India
Through innovative strategies for bringing women into the workforce, social enterprise is poised to transform the meaning of “women’s work.”
IMPACT INDIA
How to Support Women Social Entrepreneurs in India
Realizing the transformative potential of women’s leadership in India’s social enterprise sector will require persistent efforts to refine and mainstream gender-lens investing.