The Case for Investing in Employee Ownership
Transitioning businesses to employee ownership has the potential to significantly reduce the overall wealth gap as well as the racial equity gap. But it will take capital investment to scale.
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Using Data to Disrupt Systemic Inequity
A look at how the collective impact initiative StriveTogether is enlisting data to resolve systemic barriers that limit opportunity for children and families of color in the United States.
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Failing to Lead
An excerpt from Failing To Win: Hard-Earned Lessons from a Purpose-Driven Startup on critical mistakes and what could have been.
Building Blended Finance in India
While blended finance has the potential to accelerate development in India, there are bottlenecks holding back its potential.
Working Toward Financial Inclusion With Blockchain
Four ways blockchain technology is beginning to help people in countries such as Kenya and Argentina build more resilient and prosperous lives through greater access to financial services.
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The Problem With Fair Trade Coffee
Fair Trade-certified coffee is growing in sales, but strict certification requirements are resulting in uneven economic advantages for coffee growers and lower quality coffee for consumers.
Innovative Solutions for the Housing Crisis
Six pathways to making housing more affordable and available from the Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability.
The Profit in Nonprofit
Why Kiva chose to be a 501(c)(3), what this tax status buys the organization, and how being a nonprofit poses challenges.
Beyond the Poverty Line
A new approach to measuring poverty is needed, one that accounts for multiple factors such as housing, and regional economic differences.
Beyond ‘X Number Served’
To cure the social sector’s metric monomania, we must get comfortable with complexity.