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Efforts to bring promising health care interventions to resource-constrained regions of the world often falter because entrepreneurs underestimate the array of obstacles that loom in their path.
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With a sustainable program structure, skilled advocacy, and targeted technical assistance, Evidence Action helped pull off the world’s largest one-day deworming event.
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By predicting vulnerability, biological science can help families, communities, clinicians, and policymakers develop more effective responses to a troubling health challenge.
The Early Childhood Challenge for Philanthropists
Investments that can dramatically improve kindergarten readiness for at-risk children.
Why Science Matters in International Aid
How the Belgian Red Cross is using scientific evidence to make its services more effective—and cost-effective.
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Our understanding of community can help funders and evaluators identify, understand, and strengthen the communities they work with.
The Dragonfly Effect
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Burnout From an Organizational Perspective
Instead of pressuring already-stressed individuals to fix themselves, true wellness requires organization-level interventions.
The Case for Causal AI
Using artificial intelligence to predict behavior can lead to devastating policy mistakes. Health and development programs must learn to apply causal models that better explain why people behave the way they do to help identify the most effective levers for change.
The Upside of Nonprofit Burnout
Two years ago I quit my nonprofit CEO job. I’ve just had the two most productive years of my career.