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Digital Public Infrastructure for the Developing World

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Digital public infrastructure (DPI) (in this case, the “ India Stack ”) is at the heart of a revolution that is transforming the Indian economy. DPI rose to prominence globally during the COVID-19 pandemic enabling digital government-to-person payments through cash transfers. It was easy enough to use it that she preferred it to cash.

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Policies for Housing With Heart

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Such forms of living, however, have huge economic and social costs, as over-stressed and under-supported parents must attend to their children and aging parents from their isolated apartments or homes. That means transforming the zoning regulations, financial structures, and social patterns that separated them, just over a century ago.

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Lifting a Powerful Policy Lever for Housing Justice

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Tiffany Manuel & Dana Bourland What if government, the philanthropic sector, and community advocates could pull a policy lever and advance housing, climate, and racial justice all at once? Public comment ended in April 2023, and HUD will likely release the final rule sometime later this year.

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??How Community-Based Public Space Can Build Civic Trust: Lessons from Akron

NonProfit Quarterly

Many times, government and nonprofit representatives had come to Starleen’s Summit Lake neighborhood and indicated that things were going to improve, but not much ever came of it. “My In Akron, more than 20 public, nonprofit, and community groups came together to form the Civic Commons team. My first thought was, ‘Here we go.

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Building an Economy with Purpose: The Transformative Potential of Baby Bonds

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Curated Lifestyle on Unsplash This article introduces a three-part series— Building Wealth for the Next Generation: The Promise of Baby Bonds —a co-production of NPQ and the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy at The New School for Social Research in New York City. This series will explore that central question.

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Keeping the Social Impact Going When a Pilot Project Ends

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Public institution spending dwarfs private philanthropy in most countries in the world. billion across social, health care, and education in 2021, while government spending in the same areas was approximately 25 times more. billion (about $1 billion) in 2020, while government spending was SGD 36.6

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Systemic Investing for Social Change

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Jess Daggers , Alex Hannant & Jason Jay In the face of complex social and environmental challenges, our best efforts often only address a symptom, rather than root causes, even as unintended consequences create new problems. Investors who think about social change tend to be rooted in a linear, reductionist form of logic.

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