Feeding Relationships
Social capital has enabled Second Harvest Japan to overcome cultural resistance to its operating model. Includes magazine extras.
Economic Development Social innovations that improve the living standards of the poor
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An Absorbing Problem
To help low-income residents, urban communities need to build up their capacity for using investment capital effectively.
Cuban Remix
In measured but far-reaching ways, a state-controlled economy is opening a space for socially responsible enterprise.
All in One Place
Single Stop USA provides low-income Americans with a convenient gateway to a wider range of services and benefits.
Preserving the American Dream
Cultivating successful cities with talent, opportunity, and engagement.
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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.
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Impact evaluations are an important tool for learning about effective solutions to social problems, but they are a good investment only in the right circumstances.
Community Engagement Matters (Now More Than Ever)
In adopting data-driven practices, leaders must design and implement programs in ways that engage community members directly in the work of social change.
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.
The Top 10 Books on the Economics of Poverty
A suggested reading list to provide a foundation for understanding development, aid, and poverty.