Program: Economic Justice Program

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Event September 8, 2021

Essential for Recovery

The global recovery from COVID-19 threatens to leave behind the very people who have kept the world running through the pandemic. This summit lays out a vision for a just economic recovery that advances workers’ rights.
Press release August 23, 2021

IMF Pandemic Liquidity Boost Must Strengthen Nations at Greatest Risk

Open Society urges richest countries to reallocate IMF Special Drawing Rights to low- and middle-income states facing pandemic-related economic stress.
Voices June 2, 2021

It’s Time to Face Up to a Worsening Pandemic Debt Crisis

As governments throughout the world continue to struggle through the COVID-19 pandemic, policymakers should act now to ensure fiscal burdens don't sabotage future recovery.
Press release March 25, 2021

Open Society Fund Invests in Global Access to Biologics

Open Society’s initial investment will support the removal of existing manufacturing bottlenecks in the production of COVID-19 vaccines.
Voices December 3, 2020 Julie McCarthy

How the U.S. Can Mitigate the Pandemic’s Global Economic Impact

By helping low-income countries with policy challenges relating to sovereign debt, tax dodging, and workers’ rights, the United States can begin to repair its alliances and reputation.
publication November 2020 Florencia Guerzovich, María Soledad Gattoni, and Dave Algoso

Seeing New Opportunities: How Global Actors Can Better Support Anticorruption Reformers

Drawing on the experiences in South Africa, Guatemala, and Slovakia, this report offers recommendations for global allies seeking to support local anticorruption reformers amid rapidly developing opportunities for change.
Voices November 11, 2020 Beth Baltzan

It’s Time to Rethink How We Regulate Global Trade

While conventional wisdom promotes laissez-faire trade policy, the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic has shown that the dominant paradigm is in need of a serious reevaluation.
Voices November 2, 2020

Q&A: Building Labor Power and Recognition for Home-Based Workers

There are approximately 260 million home-based workers in the global economy today. Despite their numbers, however, they are often exploited. Here is how they’re organizing to fight back.
publication October 2020 Beth Baltzan

The Modern Agreement of Amity and Commerce: Toward a New Model for Trade Agreements

Amid growing distrust of globalization, it is time to look for a new paradigm for international trade that promotes economic and environmental justice.
Press release October 22, 2020

Soros Economic Development Fund Invests in Race and Gender Equity

Through the Soros Economic Development Fund, its impact investing arm, Open Society is supporting efforts to reduce bias against businesses owned by women and people of color.
Voices June 25, 2020

Q&A: Women Workers in Fast Fashion Demand Justice

Despite being among the most exploited laborers in the world, garment workers in the fast fashion industry are at the forefront of the movement to reform globalization so it protects and empowers workers.
Press release May 13, 2020

Open Society Foundations Support Smallholder Farmers Facing Climate Risk

As part of a broad drive to mitigate the harms of climate change, Open Society’s impact investing arm is committing $10 million to the InsuResilience Investment Fund.
Press release May 8, 2020

Open Society Foundations Commit $15 Million to Gender Equality in Africa

Through its Soros Economic Development Fund, Open Society will support women-led investment funds that advance economic and gender equity across Southern and Western Africa.
Voices October 18, 2019 Kate Murphy & Alvin Starks

How One Community Defended Their Homes and Defeated Private Equity

In New Hampshire, the Open Society Foundations, a community development finance group, and a mix of local investors and residents joined together to keep 874 family homes out of private equity’s hands. It worked.
Press release October 15, 2019

Soros Economic Development Fund Joins Ethiopia Investment Fund

Open Society’s impact investing arm will join several leading regional and national development funds in a new $100 million investment fund, supporting business development and job creation.
Voices August 30, 2019 Sean Hinton

India Delivers a Case Study in Successful Impact Investing

The Open Society Foundations adopted an innovative impact investment approach in India—now its success has brought in more private capital to fund businesses that deliver positive social and economic change.
Press release August 28, 2019

Soros Economic Development Fund Sells Controlling Stake in Aspada to LGT Lightstone

The Soros Economic Development Fund has sold a controlling interest in Aspada, its India-focused impact investment fund subsidiary, to LGT, the international private banking and asset management group.
Voices June 17, 2019 Jocelyn Songco

Supporting Smallholder Farmers against Big Agriculture

How can investors best support small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan Africa? By thinking outside the box to raise income for smallholdings. A new debt and equity fund hopes to show the way.
Press release May 30, 2019

Open Society Foundations Launches Challenge Grant to Foster Accountable Governance

The Open Society Foundations are pleased to announce that they have awarded a challenge grant to Open Government Partnership worth a potential of $10 million in new support.
Event December 6, 2018

Women Challenging Norms to Power Economies Winners Celebration

Ashoka, UN Women, and the Open Society Foundations celebrate the winners of our Challenging Norms, Powering Economies: Women and Non-Traditional Partners in Africa and the Middle East challenge.

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Program: Economic Justice Program

Essential for Recovery

IMF Pandemic Liquidity Boost Must Strengthen Nations at Greatest Risk

It’s Time to Face Up to a Worsening Pandemic Debt Crisis

Open Society Fund Invests in Global Access to Biologics

How the U.S. Can Mitigate the Pandemic’s Global Economic Impact

Seeing New Opportunities: How Global Actors Can Better Support Anticorruption Reformers

It’s Time to Rethink How We Regulate Global Trade

Q&A: Building Labor Power and Recognition for Home-Based Workers

The Modern Agreement of Amity and Commerce: Toward a New Model for Trade Agreements

Soros Economic Development Fund Invests in Race and Gender Equity

Q&A: Women Workers in Fast Fashion Demand Justice

Open Society Foundations Support Smallholder Farmers Facing Climate Risk

Open Society Foundations Commit $15 Million to Gender Equality in Africa

How One Community Defended Their Homes and Defeated Private Equity

Soros Economic Development Fund Joins Ethiopia Investment Fund

India Delivers a Case Study in Successful Impact Investing

Soros Economic Development Fund Sells Controlling Stake in Aspada to LGT Lightstone

Supporting Smallholder Farmers against Big Agriculture

Open Society Foundations Launches Challenge Grant to Foster Accountable Governance

Women Challenging Norms to Power Economies Winners Celebration

Subscribe to updates about Open Society’s work around the world