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Tag: Asia

 

 

Environment

Bottom-Up Solutions to Mitigating Climate Change

 

Health

When Cooking Can Kill

By Corinna Wu | Feb. 21, 2013
 

Nonprofit Management

Diversifying NGO Leadership

By Donna Bryson | 3 | Feb. 21, 2013
 

Environment

Tsunami Revisited: Stories and Recovery for Today

A review of the upcoming film “The Impossible” through the eyes of a disaster recovery philanthropist.

By Mike Rea | 2 | Dec. 19, 2012
 

Technology & Design

Turning Design Thinking to Design Doing

Getting started: insights from experiments in Southeast Asia.

 

Environment

Sustainable Development in India

The restoration of the Bangalore Lakes can catalyze an overall sustainable transformation of the various districts of Bangalore—as well as reclaim an important historical connection for the city.

By Michel St Pierre | 2 | Oct. 16, 2012
 
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Economic Development

Trust and Technology

Together, the public and private sector can develop affordable and truly accessible banking solutions that benefit the world’s poor.

By William Brindley | Sep. 5, 2012
 
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Urban Development

Wanted: New Frameworks for Urban Housing

As global base of the pyramid urban evictions intensify, we need good quality, affordable housing that creates attractive profit opportunities.

By Ruban Selvanayagam | 2 | Jul. 5, 2012
 
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 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.

Health

Universal HIV/AIDS Treatment in One of the World’s Poorest Countries

While public-private partnerships have remained elusive to many, Cambodia, one of the least developed countries in the world, has been quietly using the strategy to provide universal HIV/AIDS treatment.

By Stephanie Wolcott | 2 | Feb. 3, 2011