Global Issues

New Business Models and Metrics for Water

Featuring Ned Breslin

Ned Breslin talks about performance metrics, planning, and financing practices for a longer term vision for water and sanitation.

Global Issues

Using Public-Private Partnerships to Resolve Asia’s Water Crisis

Featuring Arjun Thapan

Asia's water systems are struggling in the face of climate change; a significant water availability gap seems imminent.

Government

The World’s Water Infrastructure Challenge

Featuring Colin Sabol 2

ITT Corporation’s Colin Sabol talks about the urgent need for investments in water and sanitation infrastructure.

Economic Development

Creating a World Without Poverty

Featuring Muhammad Yunus

Nobel Peace prize winner Muhammad Yunus talks about how he founded Grameen Bank to offer economic building tools for some of the poorest people in Bangladesh.

Economic Development

Jessica Jackley - International Development Through Microfinance

Jessica Jackley is cofounder of Kiva.org, the nonprofit microfinancing website that allows people to promote international development and break the cycle of poverty by lending as little as $25 to a specific third-world entrepreneur. In this audio lecture, sponsored by the Stanford Center for Social Innovation, Jackley talks about how she is revolutionizing philanthropy and inspiring a new generation of philanthropists through technology.