Qaddafi Son’s Thesis on Civil Society

By Tamara Straus 1

The second son of the former Libyan president wrote a dissertation entitled “The Role of Civil Society in the Democratization of Global Governance Institutions: ..."

2012 Budget May Reflect President Obama’s Attempt to Reconcile His Nonprofit Sector History

By John Brothers 3

The debate on the 2012 budget and the President’s own history with the nonprofit sector gave me a better understanding as to why the President might have made some of his decisions.

City Hall 2.0

By Suzie Boss

Code for America enlists young tech talents in a year of service at city halls across the country.

Building Bridges

By Neil Ghosh

Ending poverty is beyond the reach of any single sector or actor

Collective Impact

By John Kania & Mark Kramer 115

Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.

How the State of the Union Showcases Trouble for the Government-Mandated Governance Structure

By John Brothers 7

The hundreds, if not thousands, of nonprofits and collaborations that are similar to CAPs should definitely take notice.

Universal HIV/AIDS Treatment in One of the World’s Poorest Countries

By Stephanie Wolcott 2

While public-private partnerships have remained elusive to many, Cambodia, one of the least developed countries in the world, has been quietly using the strategy to provide universal HIV/AIDS treatment.

The Rich Get Richer, Once More

By Kelly Kleiman

If institutions of higher learning want to maintain their tax-favored status, they should abolish legacy preferences.

Podcast

International Development and Entrepreneurship

Featuring Nicolas Shea

Nicolas Shea, the innovation and entrepreneurship advisor to the Chilean minister of economy, discusses the Start-Up Chile program.

Podcast

The Emerging Social Impact Market

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Annually, more than a trillion dollars are spent on millions of American nonprofit and government institutions. And 15 nonprofits are started each day. But there is still not significant progress on social issues in the United States. In this audio lecture, sponsored by the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Andrew Wolk, CEO of Root Cause, argues that the time has come for a social impact market—one that fosters innovation and collaboration across the governmental, business, and nonprofit sectors to maximize scarce resources and spread solutions. Wolk believes this cross-sector approach presents our best chance to solve long-term educational, healthcare, environmental, and other problems.