Philanthropy Action

Category: Africa

There are 68 entries in this category.

May 08, 2007

Overselling Results

Effective investment in development continues to be handicapped by overselling of results and false expectations. The greatest danger is that such overselling makes cynics of a whole generation of donors.

Apr 17, 2007

Malaria-Free Zones to Malaria-Free World

A Ghanian economist is setting up malaria-free zones in various countries in Africa in an attempt to stop the disease one town at a time.

Apr 14, 2007

Little More Than Warnings for Darfur

The conflict in Darfur between Darfurian rebel groups and the government-backed janjaweed militia has been raging since early 2003. Since that time Western governments have been almost universally reluctant to create clear consequences for Khartoum.

Apr 14, 2007

The Success of Mozambique

The southern African country of Mozambique is one of the poorest nations in the world. Yet it has also managed to nearly double its per capita GDP in the last fifteen years.

Apr 13, 2007

Big Business Finds Traction in Africa

Two articles have come out this week that point to new possibilities for prosperity in sub-Saharan Africa.

Apr 02, 2007

One Thing Leads to Another, in AIDS Treatment Too

If there is a core truism to aid work it might be that all things are connected.

Mar 28, 2007

TB Rates Decline, But XDR-TB Lurks in the Wings

The World Health Organization has announced that worldwide tuberculosis cases as a percentage of the population held steady in 2006. Yet more cases of tuberculosis are identified as extensively drug-resistent (XDR-TB).

Mar 07, 2007

The Danger of Denial

An article in the March 12 edition of The New Yorker provides an overview of AIDS denial, and how it has influenced AIDS treatment practices in South Africa.

Mar 06, 2007

Condom Use Not Enough To Curb the Spread of HIV

Botswana’s prevention programs have focused almost exclusively on condom distribution and promotion; no one is talking about either abstinence or promoting faithfulness to one partner.

Feb 20, 2007

How the Poor Live

A recent study conducted by the MIT Poverty Action Lab reveals surprising data about how the poor earn, spend, borrow and invest. The study should be required reading for anyone looking at ways to effectively invest in reducing poverty.

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