• Pioneers Post trainees publish stories of resilience and change in The Education Issue

    Powerful stories of the fight for a safe place to learn find a global audience in New York and beyond, as Theirworld’s annual youth-led newspaper is launched on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

  • SEWF launches global call to fix ‘structural mismatch’ that prevents mission-locked social enterprises from accessing investment

    Social Enterprise World Forum’s Social Investment Manifesto calls for a reframing of social investment, as social enterprises remain excluded from investment opportunities in a market still split between profit maximisation and philanthropy.

  • The billionaires who would rather fail in public

    Wealthy families can fund unproven ideas and absorb failure in ways governments and big foundations can't. A Bridgepan Group study of the world's richest families finds Asia's giving is tightly bound to the businesses and governments around it.

  • In rural India, media mogul Ronnie Screwvala tests whether charity can have an exit plan

    INTERVIEW: Ronnie Screwvala built and sold a media empire. Now he's applying the same operating discipline to poverty, arguing that most Indian philanthropy still doesn't know how to let go.

  • Democracy under pressure: what role should impact investors play?

    Autocracy is on the rise worldwide, and impact investors seem reluctant to step in. But large-scale transformations to health, education or the environment need a strong democratic base, the Latimpacto event heard last week.