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Impact Assessment Is Easy … If You Know Your Objectives
Ten years since I joined the social sector, ten years of countless discussions on impact assessment. Initially, I thought it would be impossible to effectively rate impact. But my background as an engineer led me to understand that everything can be assessed and virtually everything can be measured - for a price, that is.
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Youth for Change in the Middle East – A Massive Challenge, a New Opportunity
Uprisings are sweeping the streets of the Middle East and North Africa region, fueled by the youth. Disenfranchised and disillusioned by the lack of opportunities, especially for the most educated, they’re pushing social and economic reforms. Although the "youth bulge" in the MENA region may seem daunting, it could present a new opportunity.
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In Search of Innovation: Prize Incentives for International Development
As competitions like the Automotive X-Prize to the NetFlix Prize show, incentive-based mechanisms also can be effective catalysts for international development. Yet as Vicky Hausman, Associate Partner at Dalberg Global Development Advisors tells us, ?announcing a cash reward and a set of rules is often not enough to achieve the desired result."
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So You Want to Create an HVC? Four Criteria to Get Started
Hybrid Value Chains are not merely hybrid in value, but also in their operational approach, as companies and social actors capitalize on their particular areas of expertise to deliver a valuable product or service neither partner could provide on its own. We have distilled our thinking into four main principles in this interactive presentation.
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Mobile Money in Haiti: A Novel Approach to Developing the Financial Sector
Can a mobile phone-based banking system help a poor country recover from disaster and build a more prosperous future? With 85 percent of households in Haiti having access to a mobile phone, the introduction of mobile money offers an opportunity to strengthen financial inclusion and expedite the delivery of cash assistance by humanitarian agencies.
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Improving Development, One Failure at a Time
The development community needs to learn to better manage failure and stop sweeping it under the rug. On Jan. 14, Engineers Without Borders Canada with Peace Dividend Trust launched a website to challenge development organizations worldwide. Admittingfailure.com is a platform for individuals to submit mistakes they?ve encountered in their work.
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NextThought Monday: Friending Egypt, the True Value of Social Media
Blotted out in Egypt as an organizing tool by demonstrators and singled out at Davos for its social innovation prowess, Facebook was at the apex of two worlds last week. The uprising shows how quickly social media can fuel protests while exposing income inequality. But social media’s ability to build new enterprises is just finding its footing.
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