Urban Development
A Working Model for Slum Rehabilitation
How innovative regulation is enabling private capital to deliver social impact and realize attractive returns in Mumbai.
Tag: Poverty
Understanding why people are poor and innovative ways to alleviate poverty
Impact Investing
The Power of Impact Investing: Putting Markets to Work for Profit and Global Good
In The Power of Impact Investing, Rockefeller Foundation's Judith Rodin and Margot Brandenburg explain impact investing and share impact investors' stories.
Impact Investing
Adopting the London Principles
A new report shows how innovative impact investing policies are helping Hong Kong tackle its social problems.
Economic Development
The Next Stage of Financial Inclusion
Research on the needs and habits of the poor shows that nonprofits can serve a vital function in expanding access to financial services.
Health
A Model of Health
In Nepal, a US-based nonprofit is partnering with the national government to deliver full-service medical care in remote areas.
Economic Development
Rethinking Poverty
Recent discoveries in brain science shed light on what holds the poor back—and on how to help them get ahead.
Food
Approaching Food Waste from All Sides
New technology-enabled solutions are trying to match the scale of food recovery to the scale of industrial food distribution.
Impact Investing
Building Impact Investment Readiness
A new approach to unlocking institutional investments globally.
Economic Development
Community Development Needs a Quarterback
We need to take a new, more holistic approach to creating economic opportunity.
Economic Development
Will a Higher Minimum Wage Help the Poor?
Raising the minimum wage appears to help the poor, but these policies fail to create the conditions that help people move from poverty to prosperity.