This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Imagine if we could harness even a fraction of the time and talent on this earth and direct it toward our most complex social problems. Helena’s model seeks to do just that:…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A child dying from hunger is a terrible tragedy. As individuals who have committed our careers to combating hunger and malnutrition, we have unfortunately seen this calamity up close and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Why did Invisible Children dissolve? There were two main reasons why the organization was forced to discontinue its efforts: the misrepresentation of facts and causation and the impacts of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Nafkote Dabi, Oxfam’s policy lead in Niger, Nigeria, and Chad, went to Brussels for meetings at the European Union institutions in late October, she expected to be talking about…
In episode 14, Rhod and Adam take a look at the field of behavioral economics and how it affects philanthropy. Topics covered include: Classical Economics and charity: classical economics assumes…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Adaptation was a key issue at the COP23 climate discussions. Representatives from developing countries arrived at the conference in Bonn, Germany, looking for solutions to the problems created by rising temperatures,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The United Kingdom should “significantly” increase spending on global education, including through multilateral funds such as the Global Partnership for Education, a new report by parliament’s International Development Committee has…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In recent decades, the United States has experienced a significant increase in the number of immigrants from Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. While just 5,000 Haitians lived…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Almost 21 million people around the world are now getting life-prolonging AIDS drugs, according to a report issued on Monday. But another 16 million people infected with H.I.V. are not…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Two prominent U.S. senators have called on the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Inspector General to conduct an inquiry into USAID’s largest-ever contract, a $9.5 billion project managed by Chemonics…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “UN peacekeeping operations are on the frontlines of our efforts to prevent the emergence of lawless regions where insecurity, transnational crime, and extremism can flourish. They are an investment in…
Imagine that there’s a very low probability something’s going to work, let’s say a perpetual motion machine. We have strong reason to believe that it won’t work. Then it doesn’t…