Be Nice. Fund Results. Minimize Hassle. Help Out. | 6 | Apr. 4, 2013
The word from the trenches on how funders can make life easier for everyone.
Kevin Starr directs the Mulago Foundation and the Rainer Arnhold Fellows Program.
The word from the trenches on how funders can make life easier for everyone.
“Good enough” = simple enough to do, but rigorous enough to mean something.
Real impact investing is not for the timid.
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There needs to be more scrutiny around the use of the LifeStraw water filter and more debate about the validity of its carbon for water deal.
There's only one bottom line. It ought to be impact.
Unrestricted money makes an organization work smoothly, enables innovation, and provides fuel for growth.
Carbon for Water is engaged in a loopy funding scheme and offers a lousy public health solution.
More Than Good Intentions: How a New Economics Is Helping to Solve Global Poverty by Dean Karlan & Jacob Appel
By and large, the Central Asia Institute's supporters went for a feel-good story, didn’t do their homework, and didn’t ask the right questions with the Three Cups of Tea dust up.
It comes down to this: We’re all operating in a dysfunctional market for impact.