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Friday, May 03, 2013

The Social Progress Index:: A new language for development, or 21st century Esperanto?

By Michael Andersen — Mercy Corps

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TAGS:Impact Assessment, poverty alleviation, social development, social impact

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Tuesday, November 06, 2012

The PeaceTXT Proposition: Stopping violence with an SMS

By Grant Tudor

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TAGS:mobile applications, social development, telecommunications

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Monday, September 17, 2012

NexThought Monday: Do Women Still Need to Prove Themselves

By Nidhi Chaudhary

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TAGS:NexThought Monday, social development

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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Disruptive Sanitation: Can 3-Wheeled Carts and Better Septic Tanks Add Value to the Supply Chain AND Clean Up Jakarta?

By Stephen Oliver — Mercy Corps

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TAGS:infrastructure, sanitation, social development, supply chains

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Thursday, June 07, 2012

A Formula for Social Innovation?: Reflections from the UN Social Innovation Summit, 2012.

By Sadna Samaranayake

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TAGS:multinational corporation, Philanthropy, product design, social development, technology

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Thursday, May 03, 2012

A Profit-Driven Approach to Affordable Education: A Review of HippoCampus Learning Centers

By Shashwat Mody

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TAGS:education, profits, social development

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Monday, February 27, 2012

The Power of Exposure: The Influence of Role Models and Design on Aspirations

By Heather Esper — WDI

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TAGS:product design, social development, sustainability

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Sunday, February 05, 2012

Weekly Roundup: 2-5-12 - Considering Pakistan, Reconsidering Incubators

By Scott Anderson — WDI

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TAGS:impact investing, renewable energy, social development

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Tuesday, January 03, 2012

The Best Ideas of 2011: The Power of Collective Action

By Nilima Achwal

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TAGS:Ashoka, social development

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Monday, January 02, 2012

Best Ideas of 2011: The Reshaping of Capitalism

By Jonathan Kalan

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TAGS:profits, social development, social enterprise

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Thursday, December 29, 2011

Best Ideas of 2011: Revolutionizing mindsets for a new Arab World

By Diana Hollmann

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TAGS:business development, social development

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Wednesday, November 09, 2011

How to Scale Community Impact With a Market-Based Approach

By Paula Cardenau and Renee Manuel — Ashoka

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TAGS:business development, Capacity Building, social development

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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

In Ahmedabad, Dharavi's Redevelopment Model of a 'Slum-free' City

By Carlin Carr

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TAGS:business development, social development, urban

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

What Global Development Needs to Make an iPhone? Start With Storytelling

By Oscar Abello

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TAGS:social development, social enterprise

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Monday, October 10, 2011

NextThought Monday: New Modes of Mobility for the Poor

By Carlin Carr

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TAGS:NGO, Poverty, social development

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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

5 Things Global Development Can Learn From Stand-Up Comedy

By Oscar Abello

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TAGS:social development, social impact

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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

SOCAP/Europe Kicks Off With Notes of Change

By NextBillion Editor

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TAGS:social development

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Thursday, May 26, 2011

The Best of 2012: The Dangerous Promise of Impact Investing

By Nilima Achwal

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TAGS:entrepreneurship, social capital, social development

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Thursday, February 10, 2011

Detroit: Emerging from the Ground Up

By Nilima Achwal

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TAGS:social development, social enterprise

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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Participative Innovation: The Transition to a New Model of Social Capitalism

By Pablo Sanchez

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TAGS:poverty alleviation, social development, social enterprise

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