How Social Ties Exacerbated a Crisis
Microfinance relies on social networks for repayment, but those same networks can backfire during a financial crisis.
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How Police Violence Moves Voters
Police shootings of unarmed individuals increase civic engagement among local Black and Hispanic residents.
When Diversity Initiatives Fail
Technology tools used to identify racially diverse candidates made employees at one company feel like Black and brown candidates were being commodified.
How to Fight Online Falsehoods
An international study suggests remedies for online disinformation like accuracy prompts and crowdsourcing are broadly effective across cultures and nations.
Improving Health Care in the DRC
Performance-based incentives, auditing, and feedback boost performance at health centers in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Education of the Board
Role ambiguity dampens board member's commitments.
Going Overboard
Are foundations paying trustees too much money?
The Emotions of Aid
“One death is a tragedy; 1 million is a statistic,” Joseph Stalin is supposed to have said. The more people we see suffering, the less we care.
Overhead Isn’t Everything
How donors should think about nonprofit efficiency.
Building a Better Board
How nonprofit board size and independence relate to board performance.