What’s Next: Fresh Faces at City Hall
To halt the greying of municipal government, the City Hall Fellows program offers recent college graduates a year-long stint working on everyday challenges such as transportation, public works, and housing.
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Helping the Poor Save More
To enrich the bottom of the pyramid, bankers to the poor should make saving money easier by using the latest findings from economics and psychology.
A Light in City Hall
How one newcomer to the Los Angeles mayor’s office mixed government with philanthropy to make change.
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.
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Behind the Curve
Corrupt governments cash in on the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s outdated metrics.
Q&A: Fred Krupp
Under Fred Krupp’s leadership, the Environmental Defense Fund has become one of the most important power brokers in the environmental arena. Krupp has helped accomplish what some thought was impossible—getting businesses to go green voluntarily.
A Nature State of Mind
True restoration—environmental and economic—will not come from congressional legislation, top-down stimulus money, or EPA rulings.
Great Teachers on the Fast Track
To save the nation, the United States needs alternative teacher training.
Just Say “No”
Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa by Dambisa Moyo
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