Scaling up Social Impact

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Welcome to the Scaling Up Social Impact folder of the Impact Alliance Resource Center. How can we enable development practitioners, multilaterals, bilaterals, local and national governments, and social entrepreneurs to scale up their social impact? This is an interdisciplinary challenge that must draw knowledge from many topics, ranging from business management and strategy, to innovation and knowledge creation.

Cutting-edge thinking on this topic reveals the need to scale social impact through: program replication and multi-site organizations; partnerships and alliances; diffusion of innovation, ideas, and knowledge; and improving organizational agility and effectiveness. The resources listed in this section of the portal provide important analytical frameworks for better understanding the concept of scaling up social impact.

Knowledge