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Successful nonprofit leaders anticipate falling behind schedule—but also know how to catch up.
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New recommendations for the very small businesses that help communities prosper.
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The digital tools that threaten local languages also offer potential to keep them alive.
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The former USAID administrator, and president of one of the United States’ largest foundations, reflects on the role of philanthropy in times of austerity and the greatest challenges Rockefeller is undertaking both domestically and abroad.
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Why global philanthropists can no longer afford to overlook the importance of supporting government capacity in developing countries—and what they can do about it.