IMPACT INDIA
Scaling Health Coverage, Quality, and Innovation Through the Public Sector
Three lessons from a long-term partnership to reach more than 100 million people with better health care in India.
Tag: International Development
Nonprofits & NGOs
The Future of Transnational NGO Advocacy
Three perspectives on the future of transnational advocacy, and how organizations can adapt to the challenges of 21st-century campaigning.
Health
Women’s Groups and Funders Respond to Global Gag Rule
Four successful strategies to mitigate the effects of a restrictive funding policy that the Trump administration reinstated.
Organizational Development
Finding the Sweet Spot for Innovation Within Government Systems
Three guiding principles for NGOs looking to find where they best fit within government-run systems and ensure long-term impact.
Economic Development
The New Era of Refugee Investing
How investment can unlock the potential of refugees and help propel economic development.
Business
Six Ways to Support Small and Growing Businesses in Emerging Markets
Entrepreneur support programs are popular among donors, but many fail to incorporate rigorous research on the most effective ways to help businesses grow. Insights from current academic literature can help improve program design.
Philanthropy & Funding
Development Impact Bonds: There’s Still No Free Lunch
We’re in big trouble if complicated, expensive schemes like these are what it takes to get big funders to fund for impact.
Measurement & Evaluation
The Great DIB-ate: Measurement for Development Impact Bonds
Billions of dollars are poised to flow into development impact bonds (DIBs) as a mechanism for solving social challenges around the world. Now is the time to make sure these complex structures are grounded in sensible approaches to measuring impact.
Philanthropy & Funding
The Four Principles of Venture Funding
Whether someone is investing in a tech startup or a grassroots advocacy organization, the same rules of success apply. Open access to this article is made possible by American Jewish World Service.
Economic Development
Going Local 2.0: How to Reform Development Agencies to Make Localized Aid More Than Talk
Global aid agencies must shift from just agreeing to “go local” to preparing development experts for the task.