Rethinking Poverty
Recent discoveries in brain science shed light on what holds the poor back—and on how to help them get ahead.
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How Fair Trade Grew
Variances in the experience of producer countries strongly affect how fair trade markets have evolved.
Community Development Needs a Quarterback
We need to take a new, more holistic approach to creating economic opportunity.
Building a Think-and-Do Tank
A dozen lessons from the development-policy trenches.
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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.
Ten Reasons Not to Measure Impact—and What to Do Instead
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.