Wednesday
February 25
2026

Analysis: Innovation Under Constraint in the Global South

By Antara Choudhury, Batul Shahira Shafi

Across much of the Global South, innovation does not begin with abundance — it begins with constraint. As grassroots solutions scale into formal markets, questions of ownership, governance, and value capture become central to whether innovation truly serves communities or reshapes power away from them.

Photo courtesy of World Bank Photo Collection.

Source: Impact Entrepreneur (link opens in a new window)

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