Cities
A Smarter Way to Park
In San Francisco, planners are using variable pricing to reduce the congestion, pollution, and aggravation that come with big-city traffic.
Meredith May
Health
Better Health Care, Higher Productivity
By providing factory workers with health care training, HERproject reduces absenteeism and turnover at some of the world’s biggest clothing brands.
Health
A Healthier City
San Francisco’s five-year-old universal health care program sees positive results.
Human Rights
Positive Distraction Workforce
Habitat International has grown its bottom line using a largely disabled workforce.
Economic Development
Microfinance’s Next Frontier
LeapFrog Investments aims to insure the poor on a grand scale.
Microfinance
Financing Freedom
Microlending in leprosy colonies frees residents from poverty, shame, and isolation.
Human Rights
Airborne Peace
In Rwanda, Radio La Benevolencija uses soap operas to heal ethnic tensions. Listeners who tune into a weekly show about feuding ethnic groups are more likely than non-listeners to stand up to authority and to voice their own opinions.