When The Agency Fund launched four years ago, it set out to test a provocative premise: that human agency — not technology, not capital, not systems alone — is the most powerful accelerant of development outcomes.
Today, the fund is emerging as an influential supporter of locally led organizations that combine behavioral science, technology, and government partnership to scale cost-effective interventions.
At the center of its model is a simple hypothesis: When people feel equipped, confident, and in control of their environment, development outcomes improve dramatically.