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MORE THAN GOOD INTENTIONS: How a New Economics Is Helping to Solve Global Poverty Dean Karlan & Jacob Appel

Economic Development

More Than Good Intentions: How a New Economics Is Helping to Solve Global Poverty

By Dean Karlan & Jacob Appel | Reviewed By Kevin Starr
2 | Summer 2011
 
DRIVING SOCIAL CHANGE: How to Solve the World’s Toughest Problems Paul C. Light

Social Entrepreneurship

Driving Social Change: How to Solve the World’s Toughest Problems

By Paul C. Light | Reviewed By Vanessa Kirsch
Spring 2011
 
JOIN THE CLUB: How Peer Pressure Can Transform the World Tina Rosenberg

Civil Society

Join the Club: How Peer Pressure Can Transform the World

By Tina Rosenberg | Reviewed By Peter Walker
Spring 2011
 
AMERICAN GRACE: How Religion Divides and Unites Us Robert D. Putnam & David E. Campbell

Civil Society

American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us

By Robert D. Putnam & David E. Campbell | Reviewed By Rhys H. Williams
Spring 2011
 
GIVE SMART: Philanthropy That Gets Results Tom Tierney & Joel L. Fleishman

Individual Giving

Give Smart: Philanthropy That Gets Results

By Tom Tierney & Joel L. Fleishman | Reviewed By Melissa A. Berman
Spring 2011
 
20UNDER40 Edited by Edward P. Clapp

Arts

20Under40: Re-Inventing the Arts and Arts Education for the 21st Century

By Edward P. Clapp | Reviewed By Marc Vogl
Spring 2011
 
THE IMAGINATIONS OF UNREASONABLE MEN: Inspiration, Vision, and Purpose in the Quest to End Malaria Bill Shore

Social Entrepreneurship

The Imaginations of Unreasonable Men: Inspiration, Vision, and Purpose in the Quest to End Malaria

By Bill Shore | Reviewed By Jane Wales
Winter 2011
 
A FISTFUL OF RICE: My Unexpected Quest to End Poverty Through Profi tability Vikram Akula

Social Entrepreneurship

A Fistful of Rice: My Unexpected Quest to End Poverty Through Profitability

By Vikram Akula | Reviewed By Jonathan C. Lewis
Winter 2011
 
CLIMATOPOLIS: How Our Cities Will Thrive in the Hotter Future Matthew E. Kahn

Environment

Climatopolis: How Our Cities Will Thrive in the Hotter Future

By Matthew E. Kahn | Reviewed By James L. Sweeney
Winter 2011
 
THE COMING FAMINE: The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid It Julian Cribb

Food

The Coming Famine: The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid It

By Julian Cribb | Reviewed By Janine Yorio
Winter 2011
 

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