The Ingredients of Growth
By choosing smart economic models and stabilizing political institutions, political leaders pave the way for fast and sustained development.
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Social Innovation Fund Names Director
A conversation with Paul Carttar.
Joanne Weiss
Joanne Weiss is in charge of the federal government’s $4.3 billion Race to the Top Fund, a new program that is funding innovations in K-12 education.
Obama’s Missed Opportunity to Change Charitable Giving
Obama could have radically changed the debate on how to allocate charitable funds if he had detailed the set of criteria used to donate his Nobel Peace Prize award money.
Nonprofits Need to Make Their Case
Nonprofits must speak up and call on state and local governments to give them a greater policymaking voice.
The High Cost of Playing It Safe
How Healthy Families showed there's no way private philanthropy can pick up after a government retreats; what can nonprofits do to address this situation?
Outrun the Recession
The seven healthy habits of nonprofits most likely to survive the economic downturn.
Podcast
Richard Boly - Growing Entrepreneurship in Italy
The U.S. government is working to grow the "ecosystem" for entrepreneurship abroad as a part of its international development efforts. In this audio lecture, Richard Boly, a member of the U.S. Foreign Service, discusses how he managed a program of the U.S. embassy to promote entrepreneurship in Italy, a country steeped in bureaucracy and lacking engines of innovation. Speaking at a conference convened by the Hoover Institute at Stanford, he details efforts to connect entrepreneurs with the resources and role models they need to be successful.
Twitter Diplomacy
Marcia Stepanek reports back on the Alliance for Youth Movements conference and the power of social media in modern politics.
Review
An Environmental Provocateur
Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto by Stewart Brand