Editorial
Kate Cochran
Economic Justice Requires More than Money Alone

Money alone might improve extreme poverty; economic justice requires more. When Upaya looks for companies that create dignified jobs for the poor, we evaluate questions of reliability, safety, and fundamental respect in addition to the economic benefits.

Economic Justice Requires More than Money Alone
Upaya Updates
Upaya
Severe Second Wave of Covid Cases in India

We at Upaya are devastated by the severe second wave of Covid cases sweeping across India, and remain steadfastly committed to supporting our team, our entrepreneurs, and their jobholders during these uncertain times.

Impact Measurement and Management

The Many Faces of Dignified Jobholders

The Many Faces of Dignified Jobholders

A big part of Upaya’s mission is expanding the conversation about job quality to intentionally include jobs created for those living in extreme poverty in emerging markets. But even within that subgroup, there are important variations that we need to understand in order to measure impact.

How we measure what matters: A framework for measuring job quality

How we measure what matters: A framework for measuring job quality

Upaya’s impact measurement framework helps establish a common understanding across teams on the fund’s impact measurement approach. Our ambition is not just to strengthen our own impact performance but to generate insights and learnings for the ecosystem at large on the factors affecting job quality for the extremely poor.

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Upaya Announces Hiring Shruti Goel as New Director of Impact Measurement and Management

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Upaya Social Ventures is delighted to announce a new member of its management team. Shruti Goel joined in late January in the newly-designed role of Director, Impact Measurement & Management.

Measuring Impact isn’t Easy, but We’ve Done it Since Day One: Meet Upaya’s IM Dream Team

Measuring Impact isn’t Easy, but We’ve Done it Since Day One: Meet Upaya’s IM Dream Team

Measuring impact has been at Upaya’s core since our founding, and by 2012, we had already surveyed 100 jobholders. Today, that number is over 1,300 surveys and growing. We now have a dedicated team working in measuring and managing our Impact. Meet Upaya’s IM team!

Moving beyond scale: the importance of capturing feedback from your target audience

Moving beyond scale: the importance of capturing feedback from your target audience

I’ve often heard mission-driven organizations talk about the importance of scale. While reporting large and wide outreach is a commendable goal, it should not preclude measuring the depth of impact.

Upaya Social Ventures is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

 
 
 

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