Civic Engagement
Ensuring That Skilled Volunteers Land with Impact
Without the proper planning, preparation, and long-term thinking, skills-based volunteers and the organizations that sponsor them can easily do more harm than good.
Tag: International Development
IMPACT INDIA
Circular Social Innovation in India
Social enterprises in India are using restorative and regenerative, circular economy principles to address the deep-seated sustainable development challenges.
Foundations
A Conversation with Rockefeller Foundation’s Rajiv Shah
The former USAID administrator, and president of one of the United States’ largest foundations, reflects on the role of philanthropy in times of austerity and the greatest challenges Rockefeller is undertaking both domestically and abroad.
Nonprofits & NGOs
The 10 Most Popular SSIR Articles of 2017
Highlights from the magazine and website.
Economic Development
The Art of the Development Deal
The Trump administration can use foreign aid to further American interests and improve the lives of people around the world.
Review
Impact Investing
Keeping it Real
Simon's book warns against short-sighted impact investing that brings more benefit to investors than to the communities it supposedly supports.
Impact Investing
The Next Phase of Innovative Financing
Why pay-for-success models of humanitarian impact investing offer promise for the future.
Nonprofits & NGOs
Five SSIR Articles for U.N. Week
A reading list of our favorite articles on the Sustainable Development Goals.
Economic Development
A New Paradigm for Microfinance: Savings and Credit
While they are no magic wand and really only work as part of a holistic approach, there is enormous potential for international development organizations to help communities help themselves through savings and credit groups.
Collaboration
Collective Impact Without Borders
Successful, multi-national, collective impact efforts require that organizations carefully consider two dimensions of their approach.