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Global Issues

 

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

 
SSIR blogger Diana Jue is working toward her Master of City Planning at MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning as a member of the International Development Group. social entrepreneurship

Environment

Innovations That Address the Last-Mile Distribution Challenge

Social enterprises have taken up the challenge of developing markets for newly designed cook stoves in India.

By Diana Jue | May. 2, 2011
 
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Microfinance

Lessons from Grameen and Microfinance—Are You Building an Institution of Change?

Not every organization should become an institution. But long-term change really is dependent on institutions.

By Timothy Ogden | 3 | Apr. 29, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Tamin Pechet is the CEO of Banyan Water and Chairman of Imagine H2O

Water

Sparking Water Innovation

The water we drink is not as safe as we’d like, and treating water has major environmental and economic impacts. We can no longer take water resources for granted.

By Tamin Pechet | 1 | Apr. 25, 2011
 

Microfinance

Social Innovations Must Start with a “Worm’s-Eye View”

Social entrepreneurs are solving big problems from the bottom up, with low-risk actions taken to discover, develop, and test ideas.

By Peter Sims | 1 | Apr. 19, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Stephanie Wolcott is social responsibility director for the Alcoa Foundation in New York City and serves as content contributor to KIN Global at the Kellogg School of Management.

Nonprofit Management

Listen to the People

Always talk to the people you are trying to help. And make sure you listen.

By Stephanie Wolcott | 4 | Apr. 18, 2011
 
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Government

Republican Focus on Planned Parenthood: A 25-Year Trend of Partisan Action

In the excitement of the budget negotiations, a nonprofit organization was again thrust into the national spotlight.

By John Brothers | 2 | Apr. 14, 2011
 
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Global Issues

Thinking Small

The problem with “changing the world” is that it probably involves invoking impossibly superficial means to address oversimplified problems.

By Timothy Ogden | 5 | Apr. 13, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Tessie Guillermo is president and CEO of ZeroDivide.

Philanthropy

Tears for Tech

Response to the fact that a majority of surveyed funders devoted 10 percent or less to tech-related grants and activities.

By Tessie Guillermo | 1 | Apr. 7, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Jenna Nicholas has worked for the Oxford Hub, the Stanford Social Innovation Review, the Stanford Centre for Philanthropy and Civil Society, and Global Health Corps.

Microfinance

Skoll 2011 Interview: Susan Davis and Rumee Ali of BRAC

Exciting announcement revealed at the Skoll World Forum: BRAC and MasterCard Foundation announced a $45 million partnership.

By Jenna Nicholas | Apr. 6, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Diana Jue is working toward her Master of City Planning at MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning as a member of the International Development Group. social entrepreneurship

Technology & Design

From the Lab to the Land: Disseminating Technologies for the Poor

Collaboration across sectors supports the scaling up of product dissemination and an organizations’ goals of improving the lives of low-income citizens.

By Diana Jue | Mar. 31, 2011