Development

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When USAID Shut Down, Its Lessons Nearly Vanished. AI Helped Recover Them

By Lindsey Moore 7

A final sweep of 60 years of evidence reveals durable truths about how development succeeds and fails.

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No Magic Bullet

By Heath Henderson

An excerpt from Poor Relief against the one-size-fits-all solutionism of cash transfers

Rails, Not Rockstars

By Raj Kumar

The Global South's AI revolution is here, if we bypass the hype and fund the infrastructure that will enable it.

The Most Good Must Be the Only Goal

By Peter Singer & T. Alexander Puutio

Let us take clarity from destruction as we redevelop development.

Innovating for a Healthy Context

By Christian Seelos, Tanya Accone & Stuart Campo

Improving the effectiveness of development innovations

Ownership and Equity

By David V. Johnson

SSIR’s new issue delves into ownership in both the straightforward and metaphorical senses and how the idea grounds a community and provides a source of systemic change.

Small Firms Are Still a Big Missed Opportunity in Development Philanthropy

By Radha Rajkotia, Elizabeth Brown & Allison J. Anderson 1

There are many reasons why philanthropists still haven’t supported SMEs at the scale we need. They need to get over it; the opportunity to leverage impact is enormous.

There will always be a gap between need and funding in the humanitarian sector. How can we do more for the hundreds of millions of people who need aid? We need to maximize impact for every dollar spent.