Stanford Social Innovation Review

Stanford Social Innovation Review is an award-winning magazine covering best strategies for nonprofits, foundations, and socially responsible businesses. Published quarterly by the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Social Innovation Articles: Government

Date Author Category Title
Spring 2010
David H. Brady & Michael Spence
Economic Development • Government The Ingredients of Growth

A close study of 13 high-growth economies suggests that, counter to some received wisdom, political leaders are an integral part of creating successful economies

Winter 2010
Kim Jonker
Education • Social Entrepreneurship • Government Strength Through Flexibility

Development experts have long known that educating girls is one of the surest ways to improve life for everyone in poor countries. Yet the path to school has not been smooth for many girls—especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Over the past 17 years, however, the Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) has delivered high-quality education to millions of girls across 35 African countries. The secret to FAWE’s scale and impact, say its leaders, is its flexibility.

Winter 2010
Alyssa Battistoni
Government An Ounce of Advocacy

When disaster strikes, government often rely on nonprofits and businesses to pitch in with relief efforts. But making up for the public sector’s shortcomings is neither an appropriate nor effective use of the private sector’s strengths. Instead of mopping after government failures, nonprofits and businesses should lobby governments to focus more on disaster mitigation and less on disaster relief. An ounce of the private sector’s advocacy would be worth more than a pound of its response.

Winter 2010
Suzie Boss
Government Keeping an Eye on Parks
Winter 2010
Suzie Boss
Government Fresh Faces at City Hall
Fall 2009
Torie Osborn
Government A Light in City Hall

How one newcomer to the Los Angeles mayor’s office mixed government with philanthropy to make change.

Fall 2009
Andrew S. Natsios
Economic Development • Government Public-Private Alliances Transform Aid

The dual goals of scalability and sustainability have eluded many development projects. In recent years, however, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has reached out to corporations,  nonprofits, and even private citizens to build alliances that are making large-scale, long-term change. In this article, the former head of USAID describes the public-private partnership model that his agency forged, the successes that the model has won, and the struggles that it continues to face. —By Andrew S. Natsios

Summer 2009
John Wood
Government The Ultimate Second Act [Free!]

THE UNFINISHED PRESIDENCY by Douglas Brinkley

Summer 2009
Maurice Lim Miller
Economic Development • Government Reward Progress, Reduce Poverty

We must break the stereotype that low-income communities are unable to help themselves.

Spring 2009
Lee Bruno
Arts, Culture, and Religion • Government Millennials MoveOn [Free!]

To propel young folks to the polls, a political organization mixed Web 2.0 tools with social science savvy. —By Lee Bruno

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