Innovations in Global Health
Venkatesh Mannar, 2010 Tech Award winner in Health, discusses the large-scale social impact double fortified salt has brought to improving health and nutrition.
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Social Issues - Articles
Qaddafi Son’s Thesis on Civil Society
The second son of the former Libyan president wrote a dissertation entitled “The Role of Civil Society in the Democratization of Global Governance Institutions: ..."
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When Corporate Responsibility Means Going Local
Abhijit Upadhye, an executive with McDonald’s Indian enterprise, discusses meeting the corporation’s quality standards while also appealing to the mostly vegetarian population.
2012 Budget May Reflect President Obama’s Attempt to Reconcile His Nonprofit Sector History
The debate on the 2012 budget and the President’s own history with the nonprofit sector gave me a better understanding as to why the President might have made some of his decisions.
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Social Enterprise in Food Supply Chains
Panelists talk about how two organizations have turned the “buy local” motto into an evolving partnership that is making NGO and corporate cooperation in the supply chain arena work for both parties.
Online Gaming Is the New Bowling League
A recent study showed that online game communities provide access to social capital.
Money Makes People Stingy
The more money a person has, the less generous, helpful, compassionate, and charitable he is toward other people.
Welfare Works Better than Bootstraps
In Britain, the social safety net allows people who fall into poverty to pull themselves out. Americans who become poor are more likely to stay that way.
Turning a Profit by Helping the Poor
Politically radical social workers didn’t expect to be working in a bank any more than white-collar bankers expected to be holding meetings in a crowded public market.
Economic Influence
Private foundations that finance education in developing countries need to be more transparent in their mission and impact.