On the Rise
A new book reminds pessimists that growing numbers of people around the world are wealthier and healthier than ever before.
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Economic Development Social innovations that improve the living standards of the poor
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Responsible Lending when Traditional Underwriting Doesn’t Work
For households facing financial volatility, the wrong kind of credit can drag them under. But it can also be a tool for building stability. How can we make loans for big-ticket items like vehicles both good for people and good for business?
Start-ups Bring New Solutions to Cash-Flow Challenges
The financial services industry is at the beginning of a wave of innovation that has the potential to improve consumer financial health.
Financial Security in an Age of Short-Term Volatility
Policies aimed at generating long-term financial security have become irrelevant to many American households. We need new policies to shore up households in the short term.
Solving for Shelter: Matching Income Volatility with Housing Stability
Housing programs and policies implicitly assume households have stable incomes. Here’s some ways to change them.
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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.