Almost Everything You Know About Impact Investing Is Wrong
Growing confusion about impact investing's key principles and practices has it headed for a fall.
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Former Prisoner Pays Forward the Gift of Being Heard
Shannon Revels met a teacher in prison who listened to his ideas, demonstrating a willingness to engage that Revels paid forward at his employment agency and on the job. Part of a series produced for SSIR with the support of the Hewlett Foundation.
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Making Economic Sense of Religion
Sriya Iyer reveals how faith has driven India’s increasingly powerful economy.
Six Lessons for Getting Work Training and Employment Right
Strategies for successfully filling the skills gap for companies, and helping millions of unemployed youth and others find jobs.
Land Rights Pose Opportunities, Not Just Risks, to Companies and Social Justice
By focusing on four critical aspects of land rights, businesses can not only manage risks, but also do a great deal of global good while strengthening their bottom lines.
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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.