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The Impact of Innovation: Maximizing Effectiveness and Scaling Results in Global Development
US Global Leadership Coalition article arguing that leveraging innovation and evidence-backed scaling models in global development - exemplified by Development Innovation Ventures - can dramatically increase the return on aid and amplify impact worldwide.
The Impact of Innovation: Maximizing Effectiveness and Scaling Results in Global Development
US Global Leadership Coalition article arguing that leveraging innovation and evidence-backed scaling models in global development - exemplified by Development Innovation Ventures - can dramatically increase the return on aid and amplify impact worldwide.
Case for Evidence-Based Innovation
A 2021 paper found DIV’s early portfolio yielded at least $17 in social benefit for each dollar invested, an impressive rate of return by any standard.
Case for Evidence-Based Innovation
A 2021 paper found DIV’s early portfolio yielded at least $17 in social benefit for each dollar invested, an impressive rate of return by any standard.
The Quiet Revolution: What Congress Should Know About Foreign Assistance Today
Brookings article notes that a “quiet revolution” is reshaping U.S. foreign assistance by elevating innovation approaches like DIV to amplify impact and catalytic funding.
The Quiet Revolution: What Congress Should Know About Foreign Assistance Today
Brookings article notes that a “quiet revolution” is reshaping U.S. foreign assistance by elevating innovation approaches like DIV to amplify impact and catalytic funding.
France to Launch Development Innovation Fund Chaired by Esther Duflo
Devex article reports that France plans to launch a Fund for Innovation in Development chaired by Esther Duflo, modeled on approaches like DIV to test, scale, and evaluate solutions to poverty and inequality.
France to Launch Development Innovation Fund Chaired by Esther Duflo
Devex article reports that France plans to launch a Fund for Innovation in Development chaired by Esther Duflo, modeled on approaches like DIV to test, scale, and evaluate solutions to poverty and inequality.
What U.S. Government Initiative Do All Three 2019 Economics Nobel Winners Like? (Hint: It’s at USAID.)
CGD blog says that all three 2019 Economics Nobel laureates highlight Development Innovation Ventures as a U.S. government initiative combining experimentation, scaling, and impact-oriented aid.
What U.S. Government Initiative Do All Three 2019 Economics Nobel Winners Like? (Hint: It’s at USAID.)
CGD blog says that all three 2019 Economics Nobel laureates highlight Development Innovation Ventures as a U.S. government initiative combining experimentation, scaling, and impact-oriented aid.
Prize Lecture: Michael Kremer, Prize in Economic Sciences 2019
Michael Kremer delivering his 2019 Nobel Prize Lecture on “Experimentation, Innovation, and Economics,” and naming Development Innovation Ventures (starting around 23:55) as an institution that crowdsources innovations and funds them for broader impact.
Prize Lecture: Michael Kremer, Prize in Economic Sciences 2019
Michael Kremer delivering his 2019 Nobel Prize Lecture on “Experimentation, Innovation, and Economics,” and naming Development Innovation Ventures (starting around 23:55) as an institution that crowdsources innovations and funds them for broader impact.
A Decade of turning Bright Ideas into Global Solutions
Reporting highlighting the first ten years of DIV, showing the tiered, evidence-driven funding model that reached over 99 million people and promoted cost-effective, high‑social‑impact innovations.
A Decade of turning Bright Ideas into Global Solutions
Reporting highlighting the first ten years of DIV, showing the tiered, evidence-driven funding model that reached over 99 million people and promoted cost-effective, high‑social‑impact innovations.
Is Cash Better for Poor People Than Conventional Foreign Aid?
New York Times opinion piece argues that directly giving cash to people in poverty often outperforms traditional aid programs by letting recipients choose how best to improve their lives and discusses DIV serves as a seedbed for new ideas and rigorous evaluati
Is Cash Better for Poor People Than Conventional Foreign Aid?
New York Times opinion piece argues that directly giving cash to people in poverty often outperforms traditional aid programs by letting recipients choose how best to improve their lives and discusses DIV serves as a seedbed for new ideas and rigorous evaluati
