Unshared Value?
The demographic profile of Airbnb users doesn’t quite reflect the egalitarian goals of the “sharing economy.”
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Technology and Trust
The sharing economy can help us coordinate economy activity, but that’s not the same thing as building interpersonal trust and understanding.
Cultivating Coffee Co-ops
Many of the more than 355,000 smallholder coffee farmers in Rwanda are members of producer co-ops.
Recognizing India’s Energy Independence
It is time for the West to shift its orientation to India and other developing nations—away from a paternalistic position to one of true partnership.
What’s Holding Back Entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North Africa?
To develop an ecosystem that is more friendly to entrepreneurship in the MENA region, we need to invest more in human capital.
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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.