Economic Development
Doing Development Differently
International aid must use different approaches to address the massive systemic problems it seeks to solve.
Tag: Millennium Development Goals
Education
Open-Source Learning for 2020 and Beyond
How Middlebury’s culture of collaborative, student-centric innovation lead to Energy2028, the phaseout of fossil fuel investments in the college endowment. Part of the Innovating Higher Education series.
Review
Economic Development
Rethinking Development Work
Practitioners and funders in global development need less idealism and more pragmatism, Adam D. Kiš argues in The Development Trap.
sponsored
Canada and the Sustainable Development Goals
What is the role of community-based innovation in a rapidly changing world?
Civic Engagement
Tech and Innovation to Re-engage Civic Life
Inclusive governance will require that civil society, government, and industry work together to empower citizens.
Collaboration
The Problem with “Help” in Global Development
To move beyond good intentions, the development paradigm must shift toward collaboration, community involvement, and empowerment.
Energy
Why Energy Philanthropy Is High-Impact Philanthropy
Energy is central to many causes that funders care about, but it is one of the most underappreciated issues in 21st-century philanthropy.
Nonprofit Management
Bridge-Building for Social Transformation
Well-designed structures of multi-stakeholder collaboration can achieve not just positive impact but long-term, systemic change.
Nonprofit Management
Planned Performance
Here’s how the International Planned Parenthood Federation is working to build a new global performance culture. Includes magazine extras.