Impact Investing
Elizabeth Littlefield
Elizabeth Littlefield heads up OPIC, a federal agency that helps steer billions of dollars of private investment capital to developing countries.
Tag: International Development
Measuring Social Impact
Shared Outcomes
How the Rockefeller Foundation is approaching evaluation with developing country partners.
Environment
A Big Deal for Conservation
A group of conservationists, former bankers, and management consultants have imported ideas from Wall Street to create a new way to protect large ecosystems.
Organizational Development
Tension and Possibility: The New Dynamics of Change
Reflections on Ashoka’s Change Nation event in Dublin.
Excerpt
Technology & Design
Jugaad Innovation: Think Frugal, Be Flexible, Generate Breakthrough Growth
Jugaad Innovation explores transforming scarcity into opportunity through the gutsy art of improvising an ingenious solution.
Economic Development
ANDE: Riding the Entrepreneurial Wave
The growth of Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs reflects the rising tide of entrepreneurial support.
Podcast
Global Issues
Sustainable Water Treatment
How can a young nonprofit organization make a tangible improvement in people's health through clean water using only the power of gravity?
Nonprofit Management
Five Levers of Social Change: Part 2
Practical Advice Series: Five basic “levers,” or strategies, to help businesses or nonprofits achieve social change.
Podcast
Global Issues
Medical Device Innovation: Panel Discussion
Focusing on unmet needs, healthcare entrepreneurs provide their in-the-trenches perspectives on advancing medical technologies. Working to extend and enhance lives.