Economic Development
New School Economics
More Than Good Intentions: How a New Economics Is Helping to Solve Global Poverty by Dean Karlan & Jacob Appel
Review
Articles P5240
Review
Civil Society
Just Instincts
The Fair Society: The Science of Human Nature and the Pursuit of Social Justice by Peter Corning
Review
Philanthropy
Philanthropic Practices
Do More Than Give: The Six Practices of Donors Who Change the World by Leslie R. Crutchfield, John V. Kania, & Mark R. Kramer
Review
Nonprofit Management
The Holy Grail for Nonprofits
Nonprofit Sustainability: Making Strategic Decisions for Financial Viability by Jeanne Bell, Jan Masaoka & Steve Zimmerman
Environment
Virtue or Else
Under the EPA’s Audit Policy, violators who voluntarily report themselves can get certain penalties reduced or waived if they commit to ongoing self-regulation.
Government
From Graft to Golf
Lobbying and bribery are both time-honored ways to seek influence, but there is an important difference between them.
Nonprofit Management
Making the News
The media introduce social movements to the masses, but how do social movements make it into the media?
Civil Society
The New Bottom Billion
According to a new analysis, most of the world’s poor no longer live in the poorest countries.
Health
Doctor in Your Pocket
New and valuable mHealth apps are coming out all the time. What sort of open architecture can support this wave of innovation?
Microfinance
Crowdsourcing Microfinance
The Grameen Foundation’s Bankers Without Borders initiative applies skills-based volunteering to poverty alleviation.