Impact Investing
The Trouble With Impact Investing: P2
Impact investors—especially those who consider investing an alternative to grant making—need to step back and think about exactly what problem they want to solve.
Tag: Poverty
Understanding why people are poor and innovative ways to alleviate poverty
Economic Development
Mobile Operators: White Knights of Financial Inclusion?
Two issues are dogging existing mobile money systems: excessive system downtime and lack of interconnection.
Nonprofit Management
Five Levers of Social Change: Part 2
Practical Advice Series: Five basic “levers,” or strategies, to help businesses or nonprofits achieve social change.
Economic Development
A Plot of Land, a Path to Freedom
A valuable lesson for alleviating global poverty lies within the pages of African American history.
Social Entrepreneurship
Turning Success into Failure
An essential skill for innovators and entrepreneurs is the ability to turn success into failure.
Economic Development
Survey: Can Management Consulting Help Tiny Firms Grow?
Predict the results of two recent development studies, conducted by IPA, one of the world's leading poverty research organizations.
Economic Development
Can Financial Citizenship Begin at Birth?
The Financial Access at Birth initiative aims to place $100 in an electronic savings
account for every child born in the world.
Economic Development
Microfinance for Wealthy Countries
The UK microcredit business Fair Finance is paving the road for the growth of microfinance in the developed world.
Education
Private Schools for the Poor
All across the developing world, poor parents are investing in low-cost private education for their children—and seeing positive results.
Microfinance
Akhuwat: Making Microfinance Work
A groundbreaking microfinance model is bringing out the best in society.