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GIVING 2.0: Transform Your Giving and Your World Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen

Philanthropy

Giving 2.0: Transform Your Giving and Our World

By Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen | Reviewed By Sally Osberg
Winter 2012
 
KaBOOM! How One Man Built a Movement to Save Play Darell Hammond

Nonprofit Management

KaBOOM! How One Man Built a Movement to Save Play

By Darell Hammond | Reviewed By Paul Connolly
Fall 2011
 
POOR ECONOMICS: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty Abhijit Banerjee & Esther Duflo

Economic Development

Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty

By Abhijit Banerjee & Esther Duflo | Reviewed By Timothy Ogden
Fall 2011
 
THE END OF FUNDRAISING: Raise More Money by Selling Your Impact Jason Saul

Fundraising

The End of Fundraising: Raise More Money by Selling Your Impact

By Jason Saul | Reviewed By David Simpson
Fall 2011
 
GLOBAL ACTION NETWORKS: Creating Our Future Together Steve Waddell

Nonprofits

Global Action Networks: Creating Our Future Together

By Steve Waddell | Reviewed By Patrick McNamara
1 | Fall 2011
 
GIVING WELL: The Ethics of Philanthropy Patricia Illingworth, Thomas Pogge, & Leif Wenar

Philanthropy

Giving Well: The Ethics of Philanthropy

By Patricia Illingworth, Thomas Pogge, & Leif Wenar | Reviewed By Chip Pitts
2 | Summer 2011
 
THE FAIR SOCIETY: The Science of Human Nature and the Pursuit of Social Justice Peter Corning

Civil Society

The Fair Society: The Science of Human Nature and the Pursuit of Social Justice

By Peter Corning | Reviewed By Roberto De Vogli
Summer 2011
 
NONPROFIT SUSTAINABILITY: Making Strategic Decisions for Financial Viability Jeanne Bell, Jan Masaoka, & Steve Zimmerman

Nonprofit Management

Nonprofit Sustainability: Making Strategic Decisions for Financial Viability

By Jeanne Bell, Jan Masaoka & Steve Zimmerman | Reviewed By Jim Schorr
2 | Summer 2011
 
DO MORE THAN GIVE: The Six Practices of Donors Who Change the World Leslie R. Crutchfield, John V. Kania, & Mark R. Kramer

Philanthropy

Do More Than Give: The Six Practices of Donors Who Change the World

By Leslie R. Crutchfield, John V. Kania, & Mark R. Kramer | Reviewed By Matthew Bishop
1 | Summer 2011
 
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
 

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