How Progressive Nonprofits Can Navigate Conservative GOP Washington

By Rich Tafel 1

Ten practical strategies to open doors on Capitol Hill.

Development Malpractice In Ghana

By Kevin Starr 31

How stuff that doesn’t work can screw up stuff that does.

How Good Is Your Evidence?

By Bernadette Wright & Steven E. Wallis 1

A new, and easier, scientific approach to determining the quality of evidence can help the social sector better assess—and therefore better address—social problems.

Want to Make America Prosperous Again? Bet on Nature, not Fossil Fuels

By Sofia Faruqi 7

Land restoration, clean energy, and sustainable agriculture offer better investment returns and more US jobs than oil, gas, and coal.

If Foundations Want to Tackle Inequality, Labor Must Be a Partner

By Amy B. Dean 3

Philanthropists are waking up to inequality as an important issue in America, but if efforts to address it are to succeed, they must work more closely with unions.

Impact Investing

Strengthening the Impact Investing Movement

By Matt Bannick & Paula Goldman 1

Segmenting the field to better align expectations of risk, returns, and impact; increasing the rate of adoption with important stakeholders; and stepping up work in the United States—a look at Omidyar Network’s priorities in advancing the movement.

Education is Changing. It’s Time Assessment Caught Up

By Esther Care & Alvin Vista 39

To prepare students for the job markets that will await them, let’s focus on the skills, not the scores.

Sustainability: A New Path to Corporate and NGO Collaborations

By Isaac Joshua Montes 23

The convergence of shifting corporate social responsibility trends, untapped NGO value, and pressing development challenges holds tremendous potential for driving social impact and business innovation.