social impact

Hyderabad city
December 22, 2020
Is it time for an ‘urban NREGA’?
Why India needs an urban employment guarantee scheme, how to design it, and what critics have to say about it.
by Rakshita Swamy, Rajendran Narayanan, Anand Shrivastava, Amit Basole | 8 min read
Agents from Haqdarshak, an Acumen investment in Delhi, work in the community to connect eligible citizens to welfare schemes
December 10, 2020
“Discomfort is a proxy for progress”
Jacqueline Novogratz on how social entrepreneurs can navigate the tensions and complexities of working in social impact.
by Tanaya Jagtiani, Rachita Vora | 8 min read
A group of students discussing their work
October 27, 2020
Education and jobs aren’t enough
How we cater to the aspirations of young people is key to shaping the new world order defined by COVID-19.
by Arjun Shekhar, Shalini Narayan | 6 min read
Green door locked with a padlock
September 28, 2020
An air of mistrust around nonprofits
The FCRA Bill 2020 is being used to crackdown on nonprofits, while a lack of transparency continues to surround PM-CARES.
by The Wire | 6 min read
close up of a girl working on a piece of cloth-women entrepreneurship
July 14, 2020
How will COVID-19 affect women entrepreneurs?
Four reasons why the pandemic will disproportionately affect women entrepreneurs, and three things we can do about it.
by Saipriya Salla | 5 min read
children volunteering for social cause_COVID
July 10, 2020
Making virtual volunteering work
What corporates and nonprofits can do to make employee engagement effective during COVID-19.
by Aarti Madhusudan, Shalabh Sahai | 3 min read
labourers working together_civil society_flickr
July 9, 2020
Effective coalitions form bottom up, not top down
“The world needs local systems solutions to solve global problems. Therefore, all civil society actors must be good multi-stakeholder coalition builders on the ground.”
by Arun Maira | 5 min read
a row of bulbs with one lit up_fundraising_pixabay
June 23, 2020
How to write a winning proposal
A tried and tested guide to successful fundraising.
by Maharshi Vaishnav, Safeena Husain | 6 min read
puzzle of the world_impact investing_covid_pixabay
June 4, 2020
Impact is the new mainstream
COVID-19 has brought an end to the ‘greed is good’ era. There will now be a new economic world order in which the only thing that will matter is an inclusive and sustainable world.
by Vineet Rai | 7 min read
hands put together in collaboration_rawpixel
February 25, 2020
The 3Cs of collaboration
Social sector players recognise the power of collective action, but few are able to practice it. Here's what they need to do.
by Kashyap Shah, Pritha Venkatachalam | 4 min read
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