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Government

 

Innovative public sector policies and programs

 

A Healthier City

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

By Meredith May | Winter 2012
 

Social Impact Markets

Why a market for social innovations is needed now more than ever.

By Andrew Wolk | 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
 
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Trawling for Trash

An EU Fisheries Commission Project pays fisherman to remove plastic debris from the Mediterranean Sea.

By Suzie Boss | Fall 2011
 
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Revitalizing Struggling American Cities

Living Cities is working with five US municipalities to develop an ecosystem for solving urban problems.

By Ben Hecht | 6 | Fall 2011
 
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Effective Partnerships

How local governments and nonprofits can work together for large-scale community change.

By Saphira M. Baker | Winter 2011
 
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Microfinance Needs Regulation

The microcredit industry needs to be regulated through policies that address high interest rates and abusive loan recovery practices.

By Aneel Karnani | 11 | Winter 2011
 
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Government 2.0

Thanks to Todd Park, a federal agency has discovered that health care organizations can think more like nimble startups than like lumbering giants.

By Carleen Hawn | Fall 2011
 
GLOBAL ACTION
NETWORKS:
Creating Our Future
Together
Steve Waddell

Transformational Networks

Global Action Networks: Creating Our Future Together by Steve Waddell

Reviewed By Patrick McNamara | 1 | Fall 2011