Coding for a Better World

By Suzie Boss

SocialCoding4Good is developing an online platform to match skilled employees from the technology sector with causes that need technical help.

Business

A Lifeline for Mothers

By Suzie Boss

Merck for Mothers—a 10-year, $500 million initiative—aims to improve the odds for vulnerable women around the globe.

Virtual Models for Real Issues

By Suzie Boss

Agent-based modeling—a form of computer visualization—is being used to analyze a range of public health issues.

Delivering the Goods

By Suzie Boss

Entrepreneurs are setting up shop in the nation's urban food deserts.

Sustainability and Self-Interest

Review By Matthew E. Kahn

John Elkington argues in his latest book that a new set of entrepreneurs in business, government, and universities are reinventing capitalism.

Summer 2012

The Emerging Market Era

Review By Paul van der Boor

A "reverse innovation" guru provides anecdotes and advice about how to succeed in emerging markets.

Summer 2012

Techno-Optimists Beware

Review By Timothy Ogden

Two books argue that entrepreneurs and technology are transforming the global economy.

Summer 2012

A Focus on Culture

By Luis A. Ubiñas

How the Ford Foundation is engaging its global staff in building a shared culture of results.

The End of Polio in India

By Esha Chhabra 4

An immense cross-sector partnership is responsible for the immunization success story.

Leveraging Research for China

By Phuong Ly

The Rural Education Action Project uses its studies about China’s poorest places to influence government policy.