Civic Engagement
When Aid Fails
The citizen journalism effort What Went Wrong? examines international development projects with the help of reports from people the project was supposed to benefit. A What's Next article from the Summer 2019 issue.
Tag: USAID
Business
Six Ways to Support Small and Growing Businesses in Emerging Markets
Entrepreneur support programs are popular among donors, but many fail to incorporate rigorous research on the most effective ways to help businesses grow. Insights from current academic literature can help improve program design.
Review
Economic Development
Rethinking Development Work
Practitioners and funders in global development need less idealism and more pragmatism, Adam D. Kiš argues in The Development Trap.
Health
Putting the Invisible Hand to Work for Health
In an environment of declining aid budgets dwarfed by pools of private capital, some decades-old donor organizations are turning to market-based tools to address global health challenges.
Economic Development
A New Paradigm for Microfinance: Savings and Credit
While they are no magic wand and really only work as part of a holistic approach, there is enormous potential for international development organizations to help communities help themselves through savings and credit groups.
Economic Development
Rethinking the Global Development Convening
This year marks the last Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting. How might future global development convenings build on the meeting’s success to create even greater impact?
Economic Development
Kenyan Economy on the Run—and the Need to Take a Breath
A growing economy appears to contribute little to most Kenyans’ quality of life. Why the government and outside investors need to rethink Kenya's education system and development model.
sponsored
Scaling Up Inclusive Markets
More poor households benefit when the private and social sectors work together to build better environments for inclusive business.
Economic Development
In Development Work, Plan for Sailboats, Not Trains
Much of the international development community remains stuck in its old ways, focused on short time horizons, rigid planning, and unproductive evaluation.
Social Enterprise
Supporting Small Businesses for Big Change
Can donors do more to leverage small business as an effective means of delivering development services?