Articles P2030

Demystifying Machine Learning for Global Development

By Sema K. Sgaier 1

Machine learning is neither a panacea nor as technically daunting as some believe. When it comes to global development, the key is to ask the right questions, and then see if and how it can help.

Inside Switzerland’s Radical Drug Policy Innovation

By Miriam Wolf & Michael Herzig

A look at how Switzerland radically and successfully changed its approach to drug policy following a heroin epidemic in the late 1980s and 90s, and what the effort teaches us about the social innovation process.

Getting Political Is Good for Everyone

By Bill Shore 2

Nonprofits that engage in political activity benefit themselves, those they serve, and the political system as a whole.

How Reverse Mentoring Can Lead to More Equitable Workplaces

By Sharlene Gandhi 2

In response to a July 16 article about improving organizations' DEI efforts by reimagining the roles of mentor and mentee, SSIR reader Yen Ooi wrote that “calling it 'reverse mentoring' might set out the wrong impression in the relationship to start with.” What do you think? This is the final of 10 articles in a special DEI series.

IMPACT INDIA

When Social Change Requires Behavioral Change

By Pritha Venkatachalam & Niloufer Memon

Leaders behind two social impact efforts in India discovered that before they could improve lives, they first had to shift mindsets.

How Philanthropic Collaborations Succeed, and Why They Fail

By Alison Powell, Susan Wolf Ditkoff & Fay Twersky

Funders need to push past politeness and hammer out expectations for how their collective action will create value—for beneficiaries, grantees, and themselves—beyond what they could do alone.