New Pioneers
An excerpt from Pioneers on the ideas that cross borders and boundaries
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Economic Development Social innovations that improve the living standards of the poor
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Financing Broadband in Hard-to-Reach Communities
To close the digital divide, we need a capital market that powers community broadband.
New Analysis Points the Way Toward the Most Effective Impact Investments and a Need for Better Data
With impact investment assets under management approaching $1.6 trillion, the industry needs to build better analytical methods to make the most of every penny. A new approach from the Global Impact Investing Network may show a way forward, but the need remains for more, better, and more widely shared data.
The Next Generation of Mutualism
An ecosystem approach to investing in and supporting mutualist enterprises—from the ground up.
Building for the Future
Chicago-based HIRE360 connects underrepresented workers and businesses to opportunities within the traditionally insular world of construction.
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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.