Health
Lessons in Forging Global Change
The successful 15-year campaign to eliminate mercury-based medical devices provides lessons for others creating large-scale social change.
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Social Entrepreneurship
The Hidden Dimensions of Scale
Examples from South Asia show there’s more to successful scaling than replicating a good model.
Technology & Design
Mobile Phones Build Peace
New research illustrates how we can overcome challenges facing post-conflict countries like Afghanistan through the use of mobile phones.
Social Entrepreneurship
Beyond Sexy
Let’s start telling social entrepreneurial aspirants the truth and get those who support the field financially to acknowledge that staying power and relationship-building are ineluctable partners to innovation. Part two of a series.
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Forging Ahead with Cross-Sector Innovations
The mayor of Seoul, Korea, recounts his path to government office and explains why social innovation is central to the way that he governs.
Social Entrepreneurship
So We’ve Scaled Up, Now What?
Conclusions from the BRAC’s Frugal Innovation Forum.
Nonprofits
When Collaboration Doesn’t Make Sense
When should organizations build new capabilities in-house, rather than work with a partner?
Environment
Tsunami Revisited: Stories and Recovery for Today
A review of the upcoming film “The Impossible” through the eyes of a disaster recovery philanthropist.