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Corporate programs that focus on women’s economic empowerment need to incorporate women-centered, context-specific design and business-aligned measurement from the start.
Going Local 2.0: How to Reform Development Agencies to Make Localized Aid More Than Talk
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Sustainable Disruption
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The Profit in Nonprofit
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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’
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