Global Issues
Sharing Solutions to Poverty
Efforts to battle poverty in the United States can learn a lot from the developing world, and vice versa. Thankfully some of the barriers between these traditionally isolated domains are falling.
Efforts to battle poverty in the United States can learn a lot from the developing world, and vice versa. Thankfully some of the barriers between these traditionally isolated domains are falling.
More poor households benefit when the private and social sectors work together to build better environments for inclusive business.
Substitute the word “impact” for “social performance,” and current debates in the investment community sound exactly like the ones the microfinance industry had 10 years ago. The investor community can learn from microfinance’s successful efforts to set standards for non-financial returns—the “other bottom line.”
Even when households are saving a lot, growing income and expense volatility mean building assets is harder than ever.
The financial lives of Americans have dramatically changed. The programs, policies, and products designed to help them need to change too.
A memoir by the founder of Kiva highlights the passion that marks the life of a social entrepreneur.
How one, simple idea empowered communities worldwide: Jeffrey Ashe recounts the development of Saving for Change.
New financial tech companies need to adopt a shared value or triple-bottom-line approach.
The history of microfinance shows how far off-mission social enterprise can go under the weight of massive investment.
A simplified value-chain approach can help organizations deeply embed sustainability into their cultures.