This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The World Bank’s 2018 “Doing Business” report found that across the globe, when business environments improve, so does job growth, strengthening the economy. • What are the main challenges for countries…
Giving Compass’ Take: • This video from the Surfrider Foundations explains the potential impacts of the Trump Administration’s repeal of the existing National Ocean Policy to be replaced by a policy favoring business.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Australia-based publication The Mandarin discusses the rise of randomized evaluations and how they’ve changed the game for impact measurement in philanthropy. • This piece highlights the…
Giving Compass’ Take: • In this podcast from the RAND Corporation, political scientist Jennifer Kavanagh and William P. Getty, president of the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, discuss the consequences of truth decay…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kristen Parker reports that research suggests that political polarization has been getting worse since the 1970’s, and will continue to do so. • How can funders work…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Financial security impacts all aspects of our lives—education, health, employment, homeownership and passing on a legacy to future generations. Inequality By the Numbers According to the Prosperity Now Scorecard, nearly…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • A.R. Siders discusses the problems of government-funded buy-out programs that are intended to prevent repetitive loss from natural disasters and how they can be improved through streamlining and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • George Goehl argues that philanthropy has failed to hold high finance accountable – allowing for wealth inequality to grow, especially for people of color. • Why has…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Joshua Siegel reports that Lehigh County, Pa. has found policy solutions to address the opioid crisis that grips the United States. Other governing bodies can adopt similar policy frameworks to reduce…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Marissa Norris explains how RAND’s education policy game brings together stakeholder groups to ideate solutions to theoretical problems like the need to cut a school budget. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • TCC Group explores the fraught nature of funding advocacy work and how to establish a better comfort level by asking a few crucial questions. • There…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Imogen Calderwood shares the UK’s plans for international aid in the wake of Brexit, including mobilizing public and private investment for global development. • How can funders work…