Governing Innovation
New York’s Center for Economic Opportunity tests new antipoverty programs from the mayor’s office.
New York’s Center for Economic Opportunity tests new antipoverty programs from the mayor’s office.
In a session at the Opportunity Collaboration, stories were shared on the power and importance of community decision-making.
Thomas Barry, founder of the Zephyr Management investment firm, discusses widespread opportunities for private equity investment in Africa.
The microcredit industry needs to be regulated through policies that address high interest rates and abusive loan recovery practices.
Thomas Gibian, Chairman of Emerging Capital Partners, discusses the success of his organization in investing in companies across the African continent through seven funds.
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.
Six pathways to making housing more affordable and available from the Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability.
Why Kiva chose to be a 501(c)(3), what this tax status buys the organization, and how being a nonprofit poses challenges.
A new approach to measuring poverty is needed, one that accounts for multiple factors such as housing, and regional economic differences.
To cure the social sector’s metric monomania, we must get comfortable with complexity.