From the Lab to the Land: Disseminating Technologies for the Poor
Collaboration across sectors supports the scaling up of product dissemination and an organizations’ goals of improving the lives of low-income citizens.
Economic Development Social innovations that improve the living standards of the poor
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Environmental Sustainability and Clean Energy
United States Secretary of Energy Steven Chu talks about the green technology revolution and why America needs it.
Attacking Poverty Through Jobs
I hope that as long as there is poverty in our country, there will be a Cincinnati Works’ model that can help families escape poverty.
Better Vision for the Poor
Several social enterprises are attempting to provide eyeglasses to the 500 million to 1 billion poor people who need them. Why haven’t any of the organizations succeeded on a large scale?
Mobile Money in Haiti: A New Support for Disaster Relief and Development Programs
New mobile-based payment systems may offer a more affordable, and faster alternative to distributing cash to countries such as Haiti.
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Innovative Solutions for the Housing Crisis
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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.