Point-Counterpoint: Philanthrocapitalism
A critique of philanthrocapitalism against a piece arguing its continuing merits.
Economic Development Social innovations that improve the living standards of the poor
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Mobile Money: A Game Changer for Financial Inclusion
Imagine if everyone who had a cell phone could also have access to financial services, and could save and send money safely, regardless of location.
Impact Investing: What Exactly Is New?
A veteran of the microfinance industry looks at impact investing through the lenses of history, language, and psychology.
Governing Innovation
New York’s Center for Economic Opportunity tests new antipoverty programs from the mayor’s office.
Stone Soup and an Impoverished Mexican Village
In a session at the Opportunity Collaboration, stories were shared on the power and importance of community decision-making.
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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.