A European perspective on American civil society. A quick glance at the latest
thinking about not-for-profit management and philanthropy
reveals some profound differences between the ways American and
European practitioners look at today’s major societal challenges.
Social enterprises have taken up the challenge of developing markets for newly designed cook stoves in India.
Rajesh Shah, a 2010 Tech Award winner, shares his social entrepreneurship model that leverages technology, new media, and peer interaction to solve the water crisis.
Not every organization should become an institution. But long-term change really is dependent on institutions.
Two insiders explore why foundations micromanage how social problems are solved and explore what grant makers can do to foster high impact strategies.
By and large, the Central Asia Institute's supporters went for a feel-good story, didn’t do their homework, and didn’t ask the right questions with the Three Cups of Tea dust up.
The water we drink is not as safe as we’d like, and treating water has major environmental and economic impacts. We can no longer take water resources for granted.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation created a forecast for the health future of America’s most vulnerable populations over the next two decades.
Steps that regulators and finiancial service providers can take to move toward the goal of financial inclusion.
Richard Morse, research associate at the Stanford’s Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, discusses carbon offsets as a way to engage the developing world in climate change mitigation.
