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What's Happening
At The DIV Fund
Latest insights and developments from our work.
Associated Press: DIV Fund Relaunches With $48M in Philanthropic Backing
The Associated Press reports on the DIV Fund’s launch with $48M raised and a focus on funding highly effective interventions that can sustainably scale beyond aid.
Associated Press: DIV Fund Relaunches With $48M in Philanthropic Backing
The Associated Press reports on the DIV Fund’s launch with $48M raised and a focus on funding highly effective interventions that can sustainably scale beyond aid.
New $48M Fund Launches to Advance Cost-Effective Global Development Solutions
The DIV Fund formally launches today as a new, evidence-driven open innovation fund for global development, designed to test and scale solutions with the potential to cost-effectively improve millions of lives worldwide.
New $48M Fund Launches to Advance Cost-Effective Global Development Solutions
The DIV Fund formally launches today as a new, evidence-driven open innovation fund for global development, designed to test and scale solutions with the potential to cost-effectively improve millions of lives worldwide.
DIV Fund Co‑Founder Sasha Gallant Named to the 2025 Devex Power 50
DIV Fund co-founder Sasha Gallant has been named to the Devex Power 50 in 2025. Devex describes the list by saying, "Our new Power 50 list pinpoints the individuals who are transforming development as we know it..."
DIV Fund Co‑Founder Sasha Gallant Named to the 2025 Devex Power 50
DIV Fund co-founder Sasha Gallant has been named to the Devex Power 50 in 2025. Devex describes the list by saying, "Our new Power 50 list pinpoints the individuals who are transforming development as we know it..."
Throwing Good Money After Good
Op-ed by Nobel Prize winners Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer about the value and importance of social innovation funds in global development.
Throwing Good Money After Good
Op-ed by Nobel Prize winners Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer about the value and importance of social innovation funds in global development.
The US foreign aid budget could do a lot more good
Vox article about the 2023 bipartisan Fostering Innovation in Global Development Act, using DIV as an example of effective grantmaking that should influence how other foreign assistance is provided.
The US foreign aid budget could do a lot more good
Vox article about the 2023 bipartisan Fostering Innovation in Global Development Act, using DIV as an example of effective grantmaking that should influence how other foreign assistance is provided.
Scaling Evidence-Based Policy Innovation
2025 Event at the Center for Global Development featuring DIV Fund co-founders Sasha Gallant and Michael Kremer.
Scaling Evidence-Based Policy Innovation
2025 Event at the Center for Global Development featuring DIV Fund co-founders Sasha Gallant and Michael Kremer.
USAID is changing the way it tries to do good in the world
Article in The Economist about the importance of approaching development in a different way, including Development Innovation Ventures as an example of this approach.
USAID is changing the way it tries to do good in the world
Article in The Economist about the importance of approaching development in a different way, including Development Innovation Ventures as an example of this approach.
Sasha Gallant is making US foreign aid spending smarter
Vox article about DIV leader Sasha Gallant's approach to supporting innovation in development and how DIV's approach can be a model for others looking to support effective, evidence-based global development work.
Sasha Gallant is making US foreign aid spending smarter
Vox article about DIV leader Sasha Gallant's approach to supporting innovation in development and how DIV's approach can be a model for others looking to support effective, evidence-based global development work.
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.