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Opinions and analyses by social innovation leaders

 
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Get Feedback

It is essential to build direct consumer feedback into funding criteria for government and nonprofit programs serving low-income people.

 

Big Society Capital Marks a Paradigm Shift

How the UK’s social investment bank will harness entrepreneurship and capital to solve societal problems.

 
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Path to a New Africa

To change Africa’s future, we must change the mindset of young Africans in college today.

 
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What’s Sex Got to Do with It?

An inconvenient truth is hiding behind the current excitement about educating girls.

 
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An Agricultural Peace Dividend

In northern Uganda, home to one of Africa’s longest and most brutal civil conflicts, organic farming is producing economic growth and stability.

 
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Can Financial Citizenship Begin at Birth?

The Financial Access at Birth initiative aims to place $100 in an electronic savings
account for every child born in the world.

 

Why More Nonprofits Are Getting Bigger

A recent study found that the number of US nonprofits with annual revenues of more
than $50 million has increased dramatically.

 
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Getting the Word Out

Nonprofit organizations that provide multiple services can effectively
convey what they do.

 
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Journalism is Becoming a Form of Social Entrepreneurship

A new generation of journalists is developing for-profit and nonprofit enterprises to keep citizens informed.

 

Impact Investing: What Exactly Is New?

A veteran of the microfinance industry looks at impact investing through the lenses of history, language, and psychology.

By Roger Frank | 3 | Winter 2012