Urban Development
Bridging the Gaps in Public Infrastructure
Communities in emerging economies must work collectively to extend public services until they can build out formal infrastructures.
Tag: Poverty
Understanding why people are poor and innovative ways to alleviate poverty
Health
Making a Healthy Exit
In places like rural Guatemala, the quest to sustain a vital social enterprise often depends on finding the right private-sector partner.
Food
The Ethiopian Approach to Food Security
How one African country is changing how we feed the world.
Fundraising
The New Nonprofit IPO
A unique funding model goes beyond donations and offers funders a tangible stake in organizations they support.
Review
Economic Development
Prepare to Update Your Theory of Change
The new book Scarcity provides critical insights for designing better anti-poverty programs, but not for allocating scarce philanthropic resources.
Social Entrepreneurship
Innovating in Development Through Accountapreneurship
How one organization is combining the best elements of accountability and entrepreneurship to redefine development paradigms of the past.
Socially Responsible Business
Subsidizing Impact
The right formula for creating a socially beneficial enterprise often includes a strong dose of up-front philanthropic support
Social Entrepreneurship
Inside the Buy-One Give-One Model
The buy-one give-one model popularized by TOMS shoes is growing in popularity and in its social impact.
Review
Education
Stories out of School
The movement to reform public schools through competition and testing is a "hoax," according to a one-time promoter of the movement.
Review
Socially Responsible Business
A Get-Rich Way to Help the Poor
There's money to be made by selling "ruthlessly affordable" products to the world's 2.7 billion poorest people.