Scaling Up Impact
An effort to improve sanitation in developing countries yields lessons in how to achieve enduring, broad-based social impact.
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Q&A With Desh Desphande
Serial technology entrepreneur Desh Deshpande is taking innovation techniques created at MIT and using them to solve social problems in India.
Empowering India’s Girls
Sometimes collaboration is the most direct route to impact.
Indian Philanthropy: By the Numbers
Indians are giving more time and more money to charitable causes in India.
Coal: The Time to Divest Is Now
Coal is in decline, and it may well be terminal.
Islamic Finance and Social Responsibility
As the demand for business to connect with responsibility grows globally, Islamic financial and socially responsible markets have much to learn from one another.
Beyond Car Bombs: Keys for Transformative Impact
Trust rooted in shared dreams and values can find a way forward at the edge of chaos.
Five Guidelines for Successful Funder Collaborations
Lessons from the Packard Foundation on how funders can effectively work together to amplify their resources and impact.
When What’s Counted Doesn’t Count
Without an increase in resources for the development of impact measurement, investors will continue to under-rate the achievements of programs that take a more holistic view of social and environmental improvement.
After Citizens United: A Different Path Forward
Lessons from the regulation of lobbying by 501c3 organizations could provide a middle path between outright bans and unlimited spending during elections.