Development finance is measured wrong. It counts dollars disbursed, not doors opened. A loan that never reaches the founder it was meant for is counted as success. #entrepreneurialecosystems #globaldev #impactinvestment #economicdevelopment #emergingmarkets

Remittances are the largest flow of capital into many emerging markets — larger than aid, larger than FDI. And almost none of it reaches the businesses that could use it most. #entrepreneurialecosystems #emergingmarkets #globaldev #economicdevelopment #impactinvestment

The MSME finance gap grew 27% between 2015 and 2019 — from $4.4T to $5.7T. The need is compounding faster than the response. Founders can't wait for the system to catch up. #entrepreneurialecosystems #economicdevelopment #emergingmarkets #globaldev #impactinvestment

We're a 501(c)(3). EIN 41-4043273. Gifts fund the training, mentorship, and research behind the fellowship. Tax-deductible. Cohort 1 launches 2027. #entrepreneurialecosystems #impactfellowship #globaldev #emergingmarkets #socialimpact

The unpaid work economy is the largest invisible economy in the world. It subsidizes every other economy. And it's almost entirely women's work. #entrepreneurialecosystems #womenentrepreneurs #socialimpact #economicdevelopment #globaldev

Why we publish totals. Not because transparency is a branding exercise — but because a two-person nonprofit that can't show its work has no right to ask for trust. #entrepreneurialecosystems #impactfellowship #socialimpact #economicdevelopment #globaldev

$350,000 by December 2026. That's what it takes to launch Cohort 1 — 12 fellows across Jordan, Ukraine, and Sierra Leone. Gifts fund the training, mentorship, and research behind the fellowship. #entrepreneurialecosystems #impactfellowship #socialimpact #globaldev #emergingmarkets

The data on governance aid shows something uncomfortable: the money that works is the money that gets closest to the people it's meant for. Distance is the enemy. #entrepreneurialecosystems #globaldev #impactinvestment #economicdevelopment #emergingmarkets

An economic rule stays broken long after everyone agrees it is broken. Not because nobody knows — because the people who benefit from the rule are not the people who suffer from it. #entrepreneurialecosystems #globaldev #emergingmarkets #economicdevelopment #impactinvestment

Where does money leak in delivery? Not in the big line items. In the small ones — the fees, the delays, the requirements that look like accountability but function as friction. #entrepreneurialecosystems #globaldev #economicdevelopment #impactinvestment #emergingmarkets

ODA to least developed countries fell 1.5% in 2024. The countries that need it most are getting less. Meanwhile the MSME finance gap grew to $5.7T. #entrepreneurialecosystems #globaldev #emergingmarkets #economicdevelopment #impactinvestment

If you paid for the invisible work — the care, the cooking, the holding-it-all-together — how much would it be? The economy runs on it and prices none of it. #entrepreneurialecosystems #womenentrepreneurs #socialimpact #economicdevelopment #globaldev

Aid fell 6.0% in 2024 — the first decline after five years of growth. When official capital pulls back, it's founders in emerging markets who feel it first. #entrepreneurialecosystems #globaldev #emergingmarkets #economicdevelopment #impactinvestment

LDCs receive 2.4% of global FDI — home to 14% of the world's population. It's not an accident — it's what a scoring system sees when it was never designed to look at these founders. #entrepreneurialecosystems #emergingmarkets #globaldev #impactinvestment #founders