Foundations
A Good Ending
Leaders at the Atlantic Philanthropies are modeling best practices for winding down a large, high-profile foundation. Includes magazine extras.
Articles P3640
Economic Development
Rethinking Poverty
Recent discoveries in brain science shed light on what holds the poor back—and on how to help them get ahead.
Energy
Get Rid of the Grid?
An emerging business model that aims to reduce energy poverty holds real promise. But it needs a jump-start.
Human Rights
Equal Effort
Behind the recent advance of gay marriage rights lies a decade of careful planning and diligent collaboration. Includes magazine extras.
Health
The Gift of Life
Papua province is the epicenter for HIV/AIDS in Indonesia, the world's fourth largest country.
Review
Economic Development
No Value
A "big think" look at the future of capitalism fails to reckon with the factors that make capitalism so resilient.
Review
Education
Taking a Charter Flight
In one prominent effort to reinvent public schools, promise and performance don't necessarily match up.
Review
Impact Investing
A Guide to “Good” Investment
Two impact investing pioneers offer a primer on efforts to generate both social benefits and financial returns.
Nonprofit Management
Building Values-Based, Results-Driven Leaders
Developing leaders who understand shared values and focus on results leads to successful, sustainable social change.
Socially Responsible Business
How Fair Trade Grew
Variances in the experience of producer countries strongly affect how fair trade markets have evolved.