Civil Society
Foreign Assistance: Time for a Change
There is a disturbing American presumption that it can develop other societies through the export of Americans overseas.
Tag: International Development
Economic Development
It Takes a General Contractor
Nuru International identifies proven poverty-reduction programs and aims to take them to scale.
Water
Spring Water Protection Improves Health
Living near safe drinking water is not the same as drinking safe water.
sponsored
Opportunities in Mobile Health
The United States and other industrialized countries can learn from experiments in the developing world that use the humble cell phone as a platform for innovation.
Podcast
Nonprofits
Solving Infant Mortality with Social Entrepreneurship
Social entrepreneur Jane Chen discusses the challenges and rewards of the developing an innovative product, and shares insights on the attitudes that allow entrepreneurs to find success.
Technology & Design
Banking Beyond Branches: An Interim Report Card
There is a need to develop simplified paths for mobile operators and banks alike to get on the inexorable road to banking beyond branches.
Education
Academic-Nonprofit Partnerships Can Pick Up Where Student Innovators Leave Off
Academic-nonprofit, cross-sector partnerships have immense potential to influence long-term development, dissemination, and diffusion of technologies.
Podcast
Social Innovations
Social Entrepreneurship in Education
EduCare founder and CEO Piyush Mangukiya discusses his commitment to helping students in developing countries and how he started the enterprise.
Global Issues
“Poor Economics” Needs a Theory
To understand poverty, we need a more complex epistemology that allows for the interdependencies which correlation often implies.
Fundraising
In Foreign Aid, Nonprofits Could Use Some Disruption
Nonprofits should seek for-profit allies who are interested and invested in their causes—even if they don’t walk into the first meeting with a signed check.