Laying the Groundwork for Government-Led Poverty Reduction
Four priorities for NGOs turning to local government partnerships in the face of funding cuts to help build lasting, large-scale solutions to poverty.
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Retire ‘Foreign Assistance’
Development aid is not a handout but a catalyst for partnership in global stability.
Learning From Setbacks in Collaborations
Cross-sector collaboration can help cities tackle complex social and economic problems, but results are mixed. New research suggests that how a collaboration responds to setbacks plays a crucial role in its success. Rather than seeking the “perfect” governance model, collaborators should adopt five key actions enabling progress.
Investing in Creativity as Social Infrastructure
How artmaking and creative practice in the United States can address community challenges, strengthen local economies, and rebuild human connections—and three less-well-traveled ways to support it.
Enlisting Men to Build a More Caring World
International development programs are bringing men into caregiving for the good of families, societies, and men themselves.
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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.