Impact Economy - Place-based Investing

What Colombia’s ex-FARC cooperatives reveal about reintegration

Why the impact economy must reprice security — and fund prevention before the crisis

Airbnb.org’s relief model tests speed, trust, and accountability

Lebanon’s survival economy shows the limits of dollarization without recovery

What mission-driven founders need to know before converting

How place-based capital is expanding housing stability and ownership

What Bosnia’s rebuilding teaches us about recovery economies

Why durable impact requires trust, culture, and capital

Why circular migration may offer a better path than mass repatriation

Financing historic cities for housing, livelihoods, and resilience

Lessons from Atlanta’s BeltLine and Pittsburgh Yards

How portfolio theory could make cultural infrastructure more investable

How verified outcomes can finance regenerative land use

At MIE 2026, investors reframed risk as a tool for scale, resilience, and courage

An introduction to our new magazine department from the Editors

Balancing production and preservation

Why reconnecting education, work, and opportunity matters

Why investing with impact is no longer enough

What Ramadan reveals about solidarity as economic infrastructure

Rebalancing support between tech ventures and traditional SMEs in MENA

Can immersive experiences move people beyond consumption toward lasting change?

What Iran and Ukraine reveal about the failure of militarized security

How narrow strategies are helping ventures survive volatile ecosystems

How an export-first model is pricing citizens out of a national staple

Why Palestinian startups remain structurally trapped—and what might change that

The keystone investment for a thriving future

The strategic shift transforming Singapore’s SMEs

Matching jobs with targeted, gamified, and accessible learning

How one investor is unlocking capital for SDG6

A status report on talent, demand, and emerging pathways

Building rural impact markets in Nepal

Designing digital systems for equity and dignity

How drones are transforming Brazil’s forest protection

How churches and capital partners are helping neighborhoods restore local wealth

The ZEROTRASH Story

Reimagining how capital creates change

How businesses can build talent pipelines, resilient communities, and long-term value.

The paradox of 'impact' capital

Faith-based development as a catalyst for community transformation

How Albania and North Macedonia are driving the EU’s renewable transition

How rooted ecosystems turn capital into lasting social and economic change

The current state of natural capital investment

Why young people are today’s social innovators

Creating jobs and reviving tradition in rural Cambodia

Building capital demand where it's needed most

Reviving local food systems and unlocking rural prosperity

Reflections from the 2025 Social Innovation Summit

Thinking in systems

Inside Toronto's groundbreaking ILEO initiative

Investing in environmental resilience for low-income communities

Uruguay’s grasslands as an impact finance model

How Raven Indigenous Capital Partners cultivates ventures aligned with core values

Can it happen?

To drive inclusive economic growth

How community finance is scaling impact with historic momentum

We need to talk about deserts

The key to unlocking affordable internet access and local opportunity

A case study of Nepal

Profiling an Earthshot Prize Nominee for Sustainable Landscape Design

Insights from the 2024 Mission Investors Exchange Conference

Insights from Impact Encounters in NYC

Supporting small business financing and fund innovation

Reviving the musical heart of jazz amidst cultural economy struggles

The economic and social impact of creative ventures

An entrepreneur’s harvest for sustainable sustenance

Transforming agriculture to incentivize climate resilience

An urgent call for intentional design and transparent governance

Leveraging support systems and capital for economic mobility

Reclaiming affordable housing for working-class families in East Boston

An interview with SOCAP President Robert Munson

5 lessons from the inaugural Impact Journalism Summit

Puerto Rico is a case in point

We can create an alternative to our current two-tier society

Local initiatives create new opportunities for international investors

Or how Puerto Rico is taking care of itself

A new playbook enabling rural communities to attract private investment