Featured Press
Disrupting White Supremacy in International Development: 5 Lessons from our Partners
Imago Dei Fund – December 14, 2020
Mobile Money Ensures Continued Success Amidst the Covid-19 Crisis in Uganda
Big Spring Herald – December 9, 2020
Of International Development and White Supremacy
The Standard – November 17, 2020
Village Enterprise Empowers Female Leaders
The Life You Can Save – September 29, 2020
Learning From Emerging Markets Entrepreneurs During Covid-19: What Lockdowns Teach Us About Resilience
Next Billion – August 26, 2020
Pathways Out of Extreme Poverty
Cartier Philanthropy – August 21, 2020
Cyclone Idai Survivors Set to Benefit From $6.6m Interventions
World Vision – August 19, 2020
What Happens in an Outcome-Based Financing Model When a Major Crisis Hits?
Brookings Institute – May 29, 2020
How Dianne Calvi, CEO of Village Enterprise, is aiming at lifting 20 million out of extreme poverty by 2030
Be Your Change podcast – February 18, 2020
Recommendations for Giving
Soul of Finance – December 3, 2019
Paul Simon and Peter Singer Discuss ‘The Life You Can Save.’
The New York Times – December 3, 2019
This Organization Aims to Change How Impact is Measured — and Funded
Devex – November 27, 2019 PDF version.
New Rating System for Charities Aims to Measure Impact of Gifts
The New York Times – November 22, 2019
The Environmental Benefits of Effective Giving
The Life You Can Save – November 18, 2019
Increasing community engagement to tackle wildlife crime in Uganda
Darwin IWT – November 11, 2019
The Right Help
Zátiší Group – October 22, 2019
Poverty Graduation Model: Mobile Tech Can Enable Success
TaroWorks – September 27, 2019
AidEx Nairobi 2019 – an East African perspective of inclusiveness in the aid and development sector
AidEx – September 18, 2019
Announcing: 2019 Drucker Prize Top Ten Finalists
Drucker Institute – August 30, 2019
Payment for Results: Driving Impact with Adaptive Management
Marketlinks (USAID) – August 29, 2019
Findings from the first DFID development impact bonds evaluation report
Government Outcomes Lab (GO Lab) – August 15, 2019
Support Effective Interventions for World Refugee Day
The Life You Can Save – June 11, 2019
Critics: Give Development Impact Bonds a Chance to Learn to Walk Before They Run
Next Billion – February 19, 2019
On Giving Tuesday: The Gift of Entrepreneurship
The Shrewd Samaritan – November 27, 2018
The Great DIB-ate: Measurement for Development Impact Bonds
Stanford Social Innovations Review – November 21, 2018
Giving out cash is a great way to fight poverty. This approach might be even better.
Vox – October 15, 2018
The Emergence of Development Impact Bonds
World Finance – September 25, 2018
How innovative financing can support entrepreneurship and sustainable livelihoods
The World Bank – August 8, 2018
Providing Opportunity is the Key to Lifting Families out of Poverty
The Hill – July 16, 2018
Ultra-poor Graduation Model Results Show More Than Just Cash is Needed
Devex – February 15, 2018
Village Enterprise: Alleviating Poverty, Delivering Results
Nonprofit Chronicles – November 21, 2017
A Milestone in Innovative Finance: Exploring the First-Ever Outcome-Based DIB for Poverty Alleviation in Africa
Next Billion Blog – November 16, 2017
Ensuring Effective Development
USAID Blog – October 30, 2017
New DIB brings in big donors, provides biggest test of model to date
DevEx – October 6, 2017
Harnessing Behavior Change to End Extreme Poverty
Center for Financial Inclusion Blog – August 30, 2017
Entrepreneurship is a Skill not a Talent
NextBillion Blog – July 31, 2017
Climbing Toward Hope: How Graduation Programs Help People Rise From Extreme Poverty
The Life You can Save Blog – May 24, 2017
Truth or Truthiness: Seven Steps to Track and Share Progress and Outcomes
GuideStar Blog – May 18, 2017
Pursuing An Evidence-Based Approach To Ending Extreme Poverty
USAID Microlinks Blog – May 10, 2017
Innovative Collaboration in Migori, Kenya
Village Enterprise Press Release – February 23, 2017
UNFCU Announces 2017 Awardees
United Nations Federal Credit Union – January 5, 2017
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Press Releases
Village Enterprise Joins Consortium of Five Organizations to Support Survivors of Cyclone Idai August 24, 2020
Village Enterprise Announces Partnership with Starbucks Foundation and Days for Girls March 5, 2020
Founders Pledge Endorses Village Enterprise as a Top Charity for Women’s Empowerment- December 19, 2018
Village Enterprise Closes Investment for First Development Impact Bond for Poverty Alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa- July 30, 2018
Village Enterprise Promotes Campaign to End Poverty in Times Square– June 26, 2018
Village Enterprise and African Wildlife Foundation Team Up to Alleviate Poverty and Protect Bonobos in the Democratic Republic of Congo– May 18, 2018
Former Apple General Counsel Bruce Sewell Joins Village Enterprise Board– April 18, 2018
New research shows innovative microenterprise graduation program leads to higher consumption, asset ownership and incomes among the ultra-poor– February 15, 2018
Village Enterprise Joins Mercy Corps Partnership in Kitgum, Uganda To Create Youth Entrepreneurs in Agriculture– February 1, 2018
Innovative Collaboration in Migori, Kenya Tackle Economic Development and Community Health– February 23, 2017
Village Enterprise Named a Finalist for the 6th Annual Classy Awards – May 18, 2016
United Nations Federal Credit Union Foundation Announces Grant to Village Enterprise to Reduce Poverty in Northern Uganda – January 5, 2016
Village Enterprise Launches New Website – January 12, 2016