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December 27, 2023
How to Tell Real Stories About Impact
Organizations want to tell stories about their impact to ensure people understand what they do, why they do it, and why they should continue to be funded to do it.
September 26, 2023
Whose iDE Is to Power Women Entrepreneurs to End Poverty?
Across the globe, women-led businesses pose a “risk” for most financial institutions – securing smaller bank loans with higher interest rates.
September 26, 2023
Building a Globally Connected & Locally Rooted Philanthropic Strategy
How can multinational corporate foundations develop an equity-centered, philanthropic strategy that is grounded in local context and communities while still being connected to a global theory of change?
June 13, 2023
A DIY Approach to M&E: Four Tips to Overcome the Complexities of Monitoring and Evaluation
Most social enterprises and non-profit organizations recognize that high-quality data and evidence can help them make better decisions, improve performance, attract more funding, and understand
June 13, 2023
Accelerating Systems Change: An Innovative Accelerator Shows How Funders Can Amplify Social Enterprises’ Impact by Transforming Their Funding Model
There’s a widespread consensus that the world is at a turning point, as we face a growing list of interrelated crises – from climate change and mass migration
June 13, 2023
More than 60 business and civil society leaders recognize inequality as a systemic risk and lay out a roadmap for private sector action
Geneva, 3 May 2023: The Business Commission to Tackle Inequality (BCTI), a cross-sector, multi-stakeholder coalition of leaders and their organizations convened by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development
June 13, 2023
The Intersection of Financial Inclusion and Gender during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights from Impact Investing
In this guest blog post, the authors discuss new research from the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) and how impact investors can use their privilege
June 13, 2023
New Collaborative Aims To Boost Investment In Companies Creating Quality Jobs For The Very Poor
The numbers are pretty startling. About 8% of the global population lives in extreme poverty-meaning they work for less than $2.15 per day
April 24, 2023
Could ChatGPT be a Game Changer for International Development?
Large language model artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, Bard and others, has great potential in the world of international development
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GST 2.0 and Tax Cuts: Can They Make Growth Fairer and Greener?
India's latest GST reform, being termed as GST 2.0, is more than just slashing rates. By simplifying the tax structure, cutting levies on essentials, and supporting renewable infrastructure, it's open..
Reimagining Sports in CSR: From Tokenism to a Vehicle for Multiplying Impact
In 2023–24, Indian companies spent about ₹1,396 crore of their CSR budgets on sports — just 4% of the total ₹34,909 crore Indian corporates spent on CSR that year. Most of the rest went to edu..
Interactive SHG Map of India: 7.5 million Women Self Help Groups are spread across 27 States and 6 UTs in India
Under the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), India has 7.5 million Women Self Help Groups (SHGs) spread across 27 states and 6 Union Territories. Each of these small, self-governed, and peer-co..