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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.
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.