Does Philanthropy Threaten Democracy?
We should be more concerned about foundations’ outsized role in education policy.
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Government - Most Popular
Innovative public sector policies and programs (more)
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Designers’ Evolving Roles in Government
How can the public sector create a culture that's friendly to human-centered design?
Broadening the Evidence Base Without “Defining Evidence Down”
The social sector must focus on building a rigorous knowledge base that is broad enough to lead to large-scale, breakthrough efforts.
Defining Evidence Down
With evidence-based policy, we need to acknowledge that some evidence is more valid than others. Pretending all evidence is equal will only preserve the status quo.
Funding Revolutions in Pay-for-Success
A public revolving fund could enable the benefits of pay-for-success while overcoming traditional concerns of privatization and scaling.
Supporting a Truly Participant-Centered Approach to Development
Resistance to unconditional cash transfers may be less about their effectiveness and applicability as a participant-focused programmatic strategy, and more about the development community’s vested interest in maintaining the status quo.
Entrepreneurship Upside Down: What If You Start With What You Have?
Takeaways from a municipal prize competition.
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Pay-What-It-Takes Philanthropy
Grantmakers should provide enough money for nonprofits to pay for all their operations, not just programs and services.
The Algorithms of Fear
Many media companies are using algorithms this US election year that are having the effect of accentuating people’s differences and stoking their fears. Is it time for social innovators to build new tools that help promote a more tempered, consensus-based discourse?
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Delivering on Digital: The Innovators and Technologies That Are Transforming Government
This excerpt from the newly released book Delivering on Digital looks at how the government in New South Wales, Australia, has used digital technologies and human-centered design to build a welfare system centered around individual children.