The Top-Down, Bottom-Up Development Challenge
Do international development projects designed and managed at the grassroots level perform better than those managed from the outside?
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Land Rights: From Awareness to Action
The new emphasis on land rights in the global development agenda is a positive step, but could be meaningless without significant shifts in support.
Community Voices for Social Good
We need a more systemic and accessible way for underserved individuals to share their beliefs, insights, and experiences directly with policymakers, nonprofits, and their own communities.
Belief-based Social Innovation: Gender-Lens’ Next Frontier
The gender-lens movement is beginning to fund culturally led efforts to transform underlying beliefs that systematically disempower females in the first place.
Is Peace a Possibility in Mexico?
A view from the field reveals optimism and ideas for building a better society.
Ending HIV/AIDS: A Cross-Sector Responsibility
The private sector has an important role to play in ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic and improving health systems as a whole.
In Development Work, Plan for Sailboats, Not Trains
Much of the international development community remains stuck in its old ways, focused on short time horizons, rigid planning, and unproductive evaluation.
Reflections from Fukushima
Confronting the risks and rewards of the world’s largest low-carbon energy source.
Tech and Innovation to Re-engage Civic Life
Inclusive governance will require that civil society, government, and industry work together to empower citizens.
Corporate Philanthropy for Real-World Health Interventions
Corporate philanthropy can play a powerful role in addressing pervasive public health problems—a look at three effective practices from the Merck Childhood Asthma Network.