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Global Issues

 

Innovations that address global challenges such as education, environment, and health

 

Impact Investing: What Exactly Is New?

A veteran of the microfinance industry looks at impact investing through the lenses of history, language, and psychology.

By Roger Frank | 3 | Winter 2012
 

A Healthier City

San Francisco’s five-year-old universal health care program sees positive results.

By Meredith May | Winter 2012
 

Open Source for Humanitarian Action

Ushahidi develops free software that allows volunteers to map humanitarian crises from their mobile phones.

By Brandon Keim | Winter 2012
 

Diversity Opportunities

New research finds that some companies are increasingly pro-diversity and others lag well behind.

By Jessica Ruvinsky | Winter 2012
 

The Evolution of Membership

Membership in organizations is growing, but not what it used to be.

By Jessica Ruvinsky | Winter 2012
 

A Win-Win for Haiti

Partners in Health and Abbott Laboratories are building a new plant in Corporant, Haiti to produce a therapeutic food called Nourimanba.

By Suzie Boss | 1 | Winter 2012
 
CLASS WARFARE:
Inside the Fight to
Fix America’s Schools
Steven Brill

Hall of Mirrors

Class Warfare: Inside the Fight to Fix America’s Schools by Steven Brill

Reviewed By Jonathan Schorr | Winter 2012
 

Global Diseases, Local Needs

The diseases that get funded tend to be the ones for which funders can take credit.

By Jessica Ruvinsky | 3 | Winter 2012
 

Public Services 2.0

Technology can empower citizens to co-create some government services.

By Jessica Ruvinsky | Winter 2012
 

Governing Innovation

New York’s Center for Economic Opportunity tests new antipoverty programs from the mayor’s office.

By Corey Binns | 1 | Winter 2012