With $30 trillion slated to pass from Baby Boomers to their Millennial children in the coming years, impact investing may prove to offer families more than just an alternative to giving. In many cases, Baby Boomer parents worked hard to create a better life for their Millennial …

The development finance industry clings to the harmful mantra that the poor can pay high interest rates because the institutions serving them operate in high-cost environments. In today’s technologically driven world, that belief is no longer the status quo. Technology has made the previous high-cost environment much …

Since 2008, international investment in land and commodity crops like palm oil have surged as pension funds, asset owners and asset managers see cheap land, high food prices, growing biofuels markets, and carbon speculation combining to promise high returns on investment. But these very investors are now …

Can innovation happen inside large humanitarian organizations, and if so, what are effective-and ineffective-ways to foster that? NGOs which have already achieved massive scale provide a golden opportunity and ready market for actually attaining wide-spread impact. What is the role of start-ups, the synergies between the newbies …

Why do the very poor sometimes opt for higher-risk services over lower-risk ones? Why can you find more households with cell phones and TV’s than savings accounts in developing countries? Low-income groups interact with money in sometimes surprising but increasingly distinct and predictable ways. This panel will …

Unleashing entrepreneurial drive propels emerging market social entrepreneurs to better address their community’s needs and create jobs while they are making money… at least in theory. How can we better ensure that the powerful motive to make money is properly integrated with social impact goals? Social franchising …