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A new book prescribes an active approach to managing uncertainty and creating positive outcomes in a fast-changing world.
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Economic Development Social innovations that improve the living standards of the poor
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Seeding the Ground for Tri-Sector Alliances Before the Crisis Hits
COVID-19 has forced business, government, and philanthropy to combine forces quickly to respond to community needs. Here are five principles for making organic, public-private alliances an ongoing force for change.
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The Cooperation Imperative
Modern China calls for economic cooperation between China and the West.
Connecting Housing, Community, and Health
A look at four “housing-plus” initiatives that are building healthy neighborhoods.
Bank You
BanQu is the world’s first non-cryptocurrency blockchain app to help the world’s poorest people establish a verifiable economic identity. A Field Report from the Summer 2020 issue.
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Innovative Solutions for the Housing Crisis
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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.