by Saoussen Ben Cheikh | Africa, Editor's Picks, Gender Lens, Impact Economy, Middle East, Regions, SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities, SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities, SDG 4 - Quality Education, SDG 5 - Gender Equality, SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, SDGs, Stakeholder Capitalism, Systems Change, Tech for Social Good
For far too long, much of the MENA region has functioned in survival mode — and with good reason. Decades of dictatorship, conflict, economic instability, inequality, and widespread corruption have shaped not only public policy but also daily realities and collective...
by Priya Krishnamoorthy | Asia, Blended Finance & Philanthropy, Creative Economy, Editor's Picks, Financial Inclusion, Gender Lens, Impact Economy, Impact Investing, Place-based Investing, Regions, Scaling Solutions, SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities, SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production, SDG 13 - Climate Action, SDG 5 - Gender Equality, SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, SDGs, Systems Change, Tech for Social Good
What If the Future of Innovation is Handmade? Craft and climate. Innovation and informality. Creativity and capital. These terms rarely sit side by side in entrepreneurial discourse, let alone in startup or impact investing circles. Yet across India — and...
by Russell McLeod | Editor's Picks, Financial Inclusion, Impact Economy, Impact Investing, Latin America, North America, Policy & Regulation, Regions, Scaling Solutions, SDG 1 - No Poverty, SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities, SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production, SDG 13 - Climate Action, SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, SDGs, Stakeholder Capitalism, Systems Change
If your social enterprise can’t survive without grants, don’t kid yourself, you’re running a charity. This is the harsh truth the social enterprise sector needs to face if it wants to deliver on its original promise. Social enterprises have been hailed as champions of...
by Kaveto Tjatjara | Africa, Circular Economy, Editor's Picks, Impact Economy, Opinion, Policy & Regulation, Regions, Scaling Solutions, SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities, SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities, SDG 13 - Climate Action, SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation, SDGs, Systems Change, Tech for Social Good, Voices from the Field
SDG 6 makes it very clear: access to water and sanitation for everyone is a basic human right. In 2010, the United Nations declared sanitation a human right essential to the full enjoyment of life. However, the current reality looks very different. According to...
by Jordana S. Grunfeld | Blended Finance & Philanthropy, Editor's Picks, Global, Impact Economy, Impact Investing, Impact Measurement & Management, North America, Policy & Regulation, Regions, Scaling Solutions, SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities, SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals, SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, SDGs, Stakeholder Capitalism, Systems Change
As a long-time philanthropist, I have years of experience trying to draw direct causal relationships between monetary support of an organization and the change I’d like to see in the world. But as a recent impact investor and graduate student focused on the...
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