Economic Development
How Inclusive Businesses Can Tackle Poverty in China
The tide of China’s recent economic boom hasn’t lifted all boats. But inclusive businesses can help provide sustainable solutions for China’s vast impoverished population.
Tag: China
Water & Sanitation
Plugging Into the Past
An architecture firm is helping bring modern amenities to Beijing’s historical hutong courtyard homes with minimal disruption.
Review
Economic Development
China’s Many Economies
It can be tempting to overgeneralize about patterns in China’s economic development—even for scholars who acknowledge the country’s great diversity.
Health
Chronic Problems, Not Just Crises, Should Be a Global Health Priority
Addressing non-urgent, lasting conditions such as poor eyesight can help unlock the full potential of the developing world.
Social Services
After the One Child Policy
A pilot project in China aims to give the country’s family-planning agency a new mission: supporting early child development.
Business
Four Steps to Putting Shared Value into Practice
Lessons for large, multinational organizations looking to embrace shared value and more effectively blend purpose with passion.
Civic Engagement
The Emergence of Subversive Charities in China
A new type of charity has emerged in China that is able to sidestep some of the controls that the government places on NGOs.
Civil Society
Social Work as a Social Wedge
In China, a new kind of NGO has started to embed the values of civil society in its provision of social services.
Podcast
Business
Environmental Sustainability in China Advanced Through Supply Chain Transparency
Ma Jun, Director of the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, describes the positive results achieved through the China Water Pollution Map.
Health
Sharing Healthcare Innovation in Asia
A report from the Elsevier Conference on Health Systems in Asia at the National University of Singapore.