Profitable markets serving poor customers all over the world are waiting to be tapped; but, is it immoral to create a business that earns profits selling to the poor?
Paul PolakAugust 2, 2016
With a world population almost three times what is sustainable, in honor of Earth Day, it’s time to get serious about managing an imbalanced planet.
Ken BanksApril 22, 2016
At a time when news about Africa has been dominated by Ebola, it’s worth observing that a highly encouraging change has been quietly spreading across the continent.
David BornsteinDecember 17, 2014
The real work of social innovation is to fix our broken human systems. The way to do that is by inviting real diversity into our lives; seeing and then removing the boundaries between us.
Cheryl HellerDecember 16, 2014
Google X co-founder and Unreasonable mentor relates his path to social impact.
Tom ChiDecember 10, 2014
People who read, study and follow the “design with the end user” mantra might feel more than ever that they’re doing the right thing, but they’ll simply be reinforcing the outside-in, top down approach without realizing it.
Ken BanksNovember 3, 2014
Thoughts from the chief innovation advisor for the World Bank on how localized innovations scale—calling for a nuanced way to think about scale and a more sophisticated understanding of how ideas and innovations spread.
Aleem WaljiOctober 10, 2014
We constantly see social networking apps being funded in the news, but what real social and economic progress have we seen from social media and what industries are going to drive this progress in the future?
Jigar ShahOctober 9, 2014
The world has problems. Big problems. They need big answers, ambitious projects and innovative solutions.…
Ken BanksSeptember 18, 2014
The problems facing us all today require the same boldness that was required to reach the Moon and return to Earth safely.
Ron GaranSeptember 11, 2014
Africa is at a techno-cultural turning point that will prove to be as pivotal there as the Industrial Revolution was for Europe.
Daniel EpsteinSeptember 11, 2014
While solutions may be context-specific at the bottom of the pyramid, the social innovation processes used to get to answers can be shared and scaled across geographies.
Aleem WaljiSeptember 10, 2014
We’re still talking about the same handful of challenges and issues in mobile development which implies that very little, if anything, has changed where it matters—on the ground. Have we really made so little progress?
Ken BanksSeptember 9, 2014
If we continue treating complex problems as complicated, we will continue to prescribe remedies with little regard for context and variation—the World Bank’s Innovation Labs director explains why.
Aleem WaljiSeptember 4, 2014
A multinational health startup finds that water is just the start to bring healthy lifestyles to Kenya.
Nate BeardSeptember 2, 2014
Ugandan entrepreneur takes education into his own hands by creating local self-employment opportunities through pragmatic training programs.
Nate BeardAugust 29, 2014
Two women entrepreneurs bring design-thinking to Tanzania creating solar-powered mobile phone charging stations that are changing the way people think about accessing electricity in off-grid communities.
Nate BeardAugust 27, 2014