Development, Equity, and Inclusion
Global growth has left too many populations and geographies behind. Inclusive development requires national initiatives to act small and community initiatives to act big.
Economic Development Social innovations that improve the living standards of the poor
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Microfinance and the Backlash
An excerpt from the new edition of Small Loans, Big Dreams on microfinance since the Nobel.
Cultivating a Just Climate Philanthropy
How climate funding and policy exclude those who experience the worst effects of climate change, and how investing in smallholder farmers can help right the ship.
A Framework for Business Action on Climate Justice
Why we need to move business from the margins to the mainstream on climate justice, and how to get there.
Why Funders Should Go Meta
Spending money on research, or improving the research process, is one of the most powerful force multipliers that philanthropy can leverage.
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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.