The Next Stage of Financial Inclusion
Research on the needs and habits of the poor shows that nonprofits can serve a vital function in expanding access to financial services.
Economic Development Social innovations that improve the living standards of the poor
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Cultivating a Neglected Field
Seven lending organizations are teaming up to meet the large-scale needs of smallholder farms in the developing world.
Rethinking Poverty
Recent discoveries in brain science shed light on what holds the poor back—and on how to help them get ahead.
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The Stories That NGOs Tell
Traditional aid organizations and newer, more volunteer-driven groups view their work in notably different ways.
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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.