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Book Excerpt: James Crowley, Morgana Ryan
Book Excerpt: James Crowley, Morgana Ryan
The five key challenges in implementing ICT for development
12 Dec 2013
Information and communications technology represents significant opportunity to create lasting change but what are the challenges and possible threats for large, established NGOs? This book excerpt from Building a Better International NGO takes on the subject.
Sponsored Video: Chevron
Sponsored Video: Chevron
Chevron's innovative approach to development in the Niger Delta
22 Nov 2013
Oil giant Chevron has set up a corporate social enterprise to tackle development challenges in the Niger Delta, in a unique approach to addressing the region’s urgent problems. Devex Impact interviews project director Dennis Flemming.
Book Excerpt: The business solution to poverty
Book Excerpt: The business solution to poverty
Eight keys to ending poverty
5 Nov 2013
In this book excerpt, authors Paul Polak and Mal Warwick outline eight keys to ending poverty. The book posits that poverty can only be truly addressed on a large scale by building global businesses that serve base-of-the-pyramid customers and are profitable enough to attract significant commercial investment.
Sponsored Article: Chevron
Sponsored Article: Chevron
Beyond philanthropy: What happens when a multinational creates its own development agency?
1 Nov 2013
The Niger Delta is home to some of the world’s most difficult development challenges, a mix of poverty and conflict that has resulted in an unstable operating environment for business. Chevron, through its Niger Delta Partnership Initiative, has pioneered a new form of engagement, known as “corporate social enterprise,” which leverages business expertise and market incentives to solve social problems.
10,000 Women: Grant-level data
7 Jun 2013
Where did the money go? Devex Impact correspondent Lisa Chiu provides readers with an interactive spreadsheet tracking the grants from the Goldman Sachs Foundation for its 10,000 Women program.
Sneak peek: 10,000 Women
Sneak peek: 10,000 Women
Goldman Sachs' 10,000 Women at a glance
7 Jun 2013
Has the most unlikely of development actors - an investment bank - succeeded in empowering thousands of women around the world? Get a sneak peek at Devex Impact’s exclusive investigation of Goldman Sachs’ ambitious 10,000 Women program.
Book Excerpt: 'Expanding the Pie'
Book Excerpt: 'Expanding the Pie'
How to decide if your NGO is ready for partnership
22 May 2013
In an excerpt from her book, “Expanding the Pie: Fostering Effective Non-Profit and Corporate Partnerships,” consultant Susan Rae Ross explains why NGOs need a clear partnerships strategy and how they can assess their own readiness for partnership.
Contributors: AidData, CGD
Contributors: AidData, CGD
Why we need better data on Chinese aid
3 May 2013
Lack of data on Chinese aid to Africa has fueled suspicions of Beijing’s motives. A new database aims to clarify the picture, write guest columnists Brad Parks, Vijaya Ramachandran and Austin Strange.
News: China
News: China
Unexpected patterns revealed on Chinese aid to Africa
1 May 2013
How is China providing aid to Africa? Devex Impact reports on a new database tracking Chinese aid to African countries that reveals unexpected patterns in Beijing’s funding priorities and focus sectors, but an expert on China-Africa relations is questioning these findings and the methodology used.
Exclusive Interview: Chris Jurgens
Exclusive Interview: Chris Jurgens
What companies should know about bilateral donors
12 Apr 2013
After a decade of executing public-private partnerships, USAID has a new outlook on engaging the private sector. Chris Jurgens, head of the agency’s global partnerships division, tells Devex Impact what he wants companies to understand about USAID.
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