Yes, we are facing an ongoing inequality crisis.
Well-intentioned development efforts have a missing link in their market approach, neglecting the people living in the most extreme poverty. The ecosystem remains fragile, resting on a chaotic foundation paid for by the world’s most financially vulnerable. We as an industry can never create holistic change until we serve this market.
The good news is:
Money is not the impediment. We have learned a lot about what does work—it’s time to modernize the model and put our learnings into action.
How do we begin?
First, we look the problem in the eye. We see pain and despair without easy answers. We see opportunity and hope for improvement through innovation. We commit to focus here, and we start by identifying social enterprise that’s already working. We scale what works, and we incubate and implement new social enterprise where we see a gap or an opportunity. We connect missing links in the ecosystem in service of our goal.
Responsiveness is key.
LINK is a fund led by implementers focused on the goal: increased income for the lowest income populations in the world. We act in real time in service of that goal, problem solving with all the tools in our basket.
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We go deep.
We are committed to service of the unacknowledged market; stabilizing the foundation of an economy so the most vulnerable can move into prosperity. We are committed to increased income and better quality of life for this population that has been overlooked by our well-meaning industry. We know what works— it’s time to get to work.