Stanford Social Innovation Review

How CitiStat’s hard data and straight talk saved Baltimore.

The world’s neediest people are using mobile phones in ways that were never intended, and with great success. With wireless technologies, Indian farmers are finding out the latest crop prices, Nigerian youth are learning how to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS, and Peruvian citizens are reporting criminal activity in their neighborhoods. Yet dialing into these powerful tools is not always straightforward. The author explains how to make the wireless revolution ring in economic growth and prosperity for people living at the bottom of the pyramid.

A Cambodian ‘nonprofit company’ peddles
digitization—with a social edge.

Tight budgets and a lack of technical know-how
are keeping nonprofits off the web.

Evaluating the three groups that rate the charities.

Environmental lawyers around the world join forces via E-LAW.

Why e-mail messages are so often misunderstood.

How extreme Internet outsourcing can free nonprofits to move the world.

In the frenzy over accountability, funders, donors, and the general public are calling for more program evaluation. But few understand evaluation well enough to conduct or bankroll high-quality studies. Without sufficient knowledge or funding, nonprofits are often collecting heaps of dubious data, at great cost to themselves and ultimately to the people they serve.

Spiffy Web sites aren’t just easy on the eyes; they’re also easier to believe and learn from.

How to identify your IT needs and get money for them.