Water & Sanitation
The United States Needs Its Own WASH Sector
Water, sanitation, and hygiene projects are not just for low-income countries overseas. They are also desperately needed at home. A Viewpoint from the Summer 2020 issue.
Water & Sanitation Innovative ways to improve access to basic human needs
Human Rights
An Entrepreneurial Workforce
India’s first and largest waste-picker cooperative has inspired community-wide recycling and sustainable living.
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Waterborne Democracy for Rural India
For more than four decades, Gram Vikas has been delivering equitable water and sanitation systems to deprived villages in rural India by training and encouraging them to take ownership of their solutions.
Flushing Taboo
The biggest obstacle to eradicating India’s sanitation problem is a social tradition based in its caste system. A Field Report from the Spring 2020 issue.
The Next Big Thing for Pay-as-You-Go
Strategies for cross-sectoral partnership in reaching consumers in emerging markets through pay-as-you-go business models.
When Aid Fails
The citizen journalism effort What Went Wrong? examines international development projects with the help of reports from people the project was supposed to benefit. A What's Next article from the Summer 2019 issue.
How to Create a Checklist for Nonprofit Exit
When designing and implementing exit strategies, nonprofits need to put the focus on impact and sustainability, rather than timelines and money spent.
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Design Thinking for Social Innovation
By working closely with the clients and consumers, design thinking allows high-impact solutions to social problems to bubble up from below rather than being imposed from the top.
Thirty Million Dollars, a Little Bit of Carbon, and a Lot of Hot Air
Carbon for Water is engaged in a loopy funding scheme and offers a lousy public health solution.
Water Thinking
The Peer Water Exchange manages diverse solutions and resources to fight the global water crisis.
Manish Bapna
Manish Bapna, managing director of World Resources Institute, is helping China manage its environmental problems.
Sustainable Business Trends for 2012
Our greatest obstacles set the stage for new business opportunities in 2012 and beyond.