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Investing for the Safety Net
Technologies that reduce costs and improve care for the underserved are often the most difficult to scale up. But a handful of strategies could turn things around.
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Rapid Response for Education
The National Math and Science Initiative aims to avert the crisis in secondary school education by replicating proven programs.
Student Retention App
A new Facebook app helps incoming freshmen connect—but within the closed community of their college.
It Takes a General Contractor
Nuru International identifies proven poverty-reduction programs and aims to take them to scale.
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Radically Small Thinking
Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty by Abhijit Banerjee & Esther Duflo
Chris West
Chris West leverages the assets of the Shell Foundation and its corporate parent to improve the lives of low-income people in the developing world.
Cadaver Commerce
The moral legitimacy of a new market can come as much from how you sell something as from exactly what you’re selling.
Partnering for a Cure
The Myelin Repair Foundation is creating a process for the rapid development of new treatments and cures.