This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Erratic rainfall, extreme droughts and floods, and deterioration in water quality brought on by climate change will intensify existing water stress and water allocation challenges. By 2025, absolute water scarcity…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Respect: Of course, this includes respect for grantees and prospective grantees, but it also includes respect for the communities where you want to work – communities of people and communities…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Marian Wentworth’s journey to leading Management Sciences for Health, the global health NGO that works in 36 countries, didn’t have a typical beginning. Her degree? Mathematics. Her first job after…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Protecting the environment — and our future — means we need to get our hands dirty. That’s where “regenerative agriculture” comes in. The farming practice relies on using organic composting…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In early 2018, the United States Agency for International Development will issue an open call for proposals for innovative ideas to bridge the “gender digital divide,” or gender inequalities caused by barriers…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Loan-buy downs is not a new concept, but most of its known usage is limited, and often in health. It usually involves three parties — the lender, the borrower, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The information in this article is not legal advice, and is provided only for general informational purposes. The reader should be aware that the legal context for anti-terrorist financing is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The eighth annual Global Entrepreneur Summit went down in Hyderabad, India last week with a focus on supporting women entrepreneurs. But whether owners are male and female, small and medium-sized enterprises have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mobile phones have introduced a sea of opportunities in every sector imaginable, and that includes in finance. Today, anyone with a cellphone can engage in one form or another of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At the International Tropical Agriculture Conference 2017, held in Brisbane from November 20 to 22, the world’s leading scientists and researchers for innovation in plant, animal, and food sciences were brought…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Organizations working on financial inclusion often grapple with the question: how to get a large number of low-income individuals and families access to financial services? For the Bill & Melinda…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What, historically, has been the most successful nonprofit organization? Harvard has the most financial assets*. The Red Cross has the most Nobel Peace Prizes. Stanford and MIT may have contributed…