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The Corporation for National Community Service's new Social Innovation Fund helps scale effective approaches to social problems, write Jitinder Kohli and John Griffith. The Corporation for National ...

The holy grail for any development innovation is reaching people at scale, but there is frequently a disconnection between small and medium organizations that are innovating, and large organizations ...

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Economists can play a crucial role in the development of innovations for serving social, environmental, and other human needs We know that innovation is a key driver of economic growth, but technical ...

Social innovation is the development and application of new methods, tools, and solutions that bring forward change. This is generally achieved through organizational or conceptual improvements.