Philanthropy & Funding
Using Donor-Advised Funds to Invest in Early-Stage Entrepreneurs
Why and how donors should use donor-advised funds to invest in innovation toward achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Tag: Sustainable Development Goals
Impact Investing
A Surgical Road Map for Global Prosperity
Massive investment in surgical care is essential for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and improving health equity. The surgical device industry should take the lead. Open access to this article is made possible by Harvard Medical School.
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Nonprofits & NGOs
Open Source Aid
An excerpt from The Business of Changing the World: How Billionaires, Tech Disrupters, and Social Entrepreneurs are Transforming the Global Aid Industry argues the case for openness.
Impact Investing
How to Transition Your Investment Portfolio Toward Impact
A review of dozens of case studies, industry reports, and discussions reveals important insights into impact investing from innovators and early adopters.
Economic Development
Paying It Forward in International Development
Development practitioners must build a culture of learning, negotiation, and collaboration, so that the generation and use of evidence are integrated into program design and implementation.
Economic Development
The New Era of Refugee Investing
How investment can unlock the potential of refugees and help propel economic development.
Impact Investing
Three Community Feedback Tools for Impact Investors
Too often impact investors park customer insight at the door when focused on projects in poor communities. These approaches can help them learn what their target consumers really want. Part of a series produced for SSIR with the support of the Hewlett Foundation.
Business
How to Create the Conditions for Social Intrapreneurs to Thrive
Four ways companies seeking to align their corporate strategies and business processes with the Sustainable Development Goals can foster social innovation from within.
Collaboration
Realizing the SDGs Through Transformational Corporate-NGO Partnerships
Reflections on a 50-year partnership between an international NGO and multi-national corporation, and why working together in true partnership is the only way to meet the Sustainable Development Goals.
Impact Investing
How to Use Donor-Advised Funds to Make Impact Investments
There’s a vast missed opportunity to use DAFs for making impact investments in support of market-based solutions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.