Big Society or Collective Impact?
How are the UK and US addressing the third sector’s next challenges, and where they are failing?
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Just Instincts
The Fair Society: The Science of Human Nature and the Pursuit of Social Justice by Peter Corning
Social Innovation in Washington, D.C.
A look at what’s needed next to create the right policy environment for innovation and results.
The New Bottom Billion
According to a new analysis, most of the world’s poor no longer live in the poorest countries.
Virtue or Else
Under the EPA’s Audit Policy, violators who voluntarily report themselves can get certain penalties reduced or waived if they commit to ongoing self-regulation.
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Microfinance Misses Its Mark
Despite the hoopla over microfinance, it doesn't cure poverty. But stable jobs do. If societies are serious about helping the poorest of the poor, they should stop investing in microfinance and start supporting large, labor-intensive industries.
Rediscovering Social Innovation
Social entrepreneurship and social enterprise have become popular and positive rallying points for those trying to improve the world, but social innovation is a better vehicle for understanding and creating social change in all of its manifestations.
Romanticizing the Poor
Market solutions to poverty, which include services and products targeting consumers at the “bottom of the pyramid,” portray poor people as creative entrepreneurs and discerning consumers. Yet this rosy view of poverty-stricken people is not only wrong, but also harmful.
Beyond the Poverty Line
A new approach to measuring poverty is needed, one that accounts for multiple factors such as housing, and regional economic differences.
Jeffrey Sachs
Jeffrey Sachs believes we must lift a billion-plus people out of poverty while reducing our impact on the environment.