Student Retention App
A new Facebook app helps incoming freshmen connect—but within the closed community of their college.
Social Issues - Articles
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.
Undisclosed Pharma Contributions
Most health advocacy organizations do not report industry funding.
Partnering for a Cure
The Myelin Repair Foundation is creating a process for the rapid development of new treatments and cures.
Spring Water Protection Improves Health
Living near safe drinking water is not the same as drinking safe water.
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Perspectives from the Field
Two venture capitalists and an entrepreneur discuss the challenges and opportunities that innovators confront as they seek to improve health care.