What Makes a “World-Class” City?
Planners must shift their attention to the informal economy that is the invisible engine of true urban greatness.
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From Service Learning to Learning Service
Personal development and global development are intrinsically linked, but our current service-learning model might need flipping on its head.
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Leveraging Social Innovation
Social innovations in supply chains have the potential for making an impact on a large scale. Experts describe innovations that are benefiting society and delivering economic value.
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Environmental Sustainability in China Advanced Through Supply Chain Transparency
Ma Jun, Director of the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, describes the positive results achieved through the China Water Pollution Map.
Setting the Stage to Measure Impact in Health
A new catalog of metrics can help investors and organizations demonstrate that positive financial returns and social returns can be twinned.
Putting Community in Collective Impact
Five characteristics of civic culture that collective impact efforts must address.
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Environmental Sustainability through “Waste to Worth” Vision
Jill Boughton, CEO of Sustainable WasteResources International, discusses environmental sustainability and corporate social responsibility.
GiveThoughtfully: It Depends on Your Point of View
Bringing a discussion of cash transfers in for a landing.
Broadening the Aperture of Measurement
What research can and does tell us about unconditional cash transfers.