Microfinance Needs Regulation
The microcredit industry needs to be regulated through policies that address high interest rates and abusive loan recovery practices.
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Private Equity in Africa
Thomas Gibian, Chairman of Emerging Capital Partners, discusses the success of his organization in investing in companies across the African continent through seven funds.
From the Field: Vietnamese Anti-Poverty Model May Work Elsewhere
I set out to see if the organizational models of two successful Vietnamese nonprofits were location-specific.
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Healthcare and Biotechnology
In this panel discussion, company executives discuss how they became entrepreneurs in science and medicine, and what their work entails.
The New Abnormal
"The New Abnormal" best describes the current economic and political condition of our nation.
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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.