Nonprofits & NGOs
Harnessing Faith Leaders for Gender Justice
A new approach to fostering gender equality is changing faith leaders’ beliefs and behaviors in ways that improve life for entire communities.
Tag: International Development
Social Enterprise
Building a Prize Network
Social enterprise awards can be an opportunity to build movements and networks, not just single out winners.
Nonprofits & NGOs
Embracing the Business of Development
If we want to achieve all 17 Sustainable Development Goals, we need to start at the bottom of the list.
Design Thinking
Using Design Thinking to Eradicate Poverty Creation
We need to ratchet up from targeted innovation and apply design-thinking principles to one of the biggest social issues of our time: global poverty itself.
Education
Unsustainable Careers in Sustainable Development
Students passionate about building a better future are increasingly being asked to mortgage their own in return. Why would-be leaders can’t afford to fight poverty—and what to do about it.
Collaboration
The Problem with “Help” in Global Development
To move beyond good intentions, the development paradigm must shift toward collaboration, community involvement, and empowerment.
Social Enterprise
Filling In the Gap
How creative collaborations worldwide are deploying capital and support for promising social enterprises.
Big Picture
Before the Backlash, Let’s Redefine User-Centered Design
We must better understand user-centered design’s limitations—not just its strengths—in the context of international development. And we must adapt it from its original uses designing commercial products to solving for social good.
Global Issues
The Internet of Things Is Now a Thing
Several ventures now under way in developing countries show how networks of connected machines can drive economic growth.
Global Issues
Back to School
In Ethiopia, a foundation-led initiative uses accelerated learning techniques to give young people a second chance at an education.