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Apr 07, 2008
Grim News From Afghanistan
Poppy cultivation and wasted foreign aid are like twin sisters perpetuating the cycle of poverty within Afghanistan.
Apr 03, 2008
The Challenges of Using Markets for Good
There is benefit for all when we can harness global markets for the common good.
Mar 27, 2008
Are they Venture Philanthropists, Philantropreneurs or Philanthropcapitalists? Ask the Times
The debate about how business thinking should be applied to philanthropy has been circulating in the nonprofit sector for nearly a decade.
Mar 27, 2008
The Bats and the Bees
An affliction similar to colony collapse disorder—a syndrome affecting commercial bee populations—is now appearing in bats in North America.
Mar 26, 2008
What is Philanthropy Action?
Does the world need a publication about poverty-focused philanthropy? We thought it did two years ago when we launched Beyond Philanthropy under the umbrella of Geneva Global. And we still think so now that we are independent.
Mar 21, 2008
Emerging Opportunities in the US, Part II
More opportunities for high-impact philanthropy in the US.
Mar 19, 2008
More News of an Africa on the Economic Upswing
The commodities boom and bust in the 1980’s left most developing nations worse off than they started. Particularly hard hit was sub-Saharan Africa.
Mar 17, 2008
Top Five: Books on Foreign Aid
The listed books provide a complete picture of the good and bad of foreign aid. They are readable and contradictory, alternately scathing in their reprobation and hopeful in the possibility of improvement. Though some are shriller than others, the collective take-away is that foreign aid is simultaneously necessary and deeply needful of improvement.
Mar 14, 2008
Legalization and Criminalization of Illicit Trade
Experts in a variety of fields passionately debate how to combat illicit trade in everything from drugs to endangered species to, worst of all, people. There are rational, credible arguments for both criminalizing and aggressively prosecuting those engaged in illicit trade and for legalizing and regulating the trade.
Mar 12, 2008
Remittances and Foreign Investment Trends Tell a Mixed Story for Latin America
Foreign direct investment is a critical element of poverty reduction in emerging market economies because it correlates directly with the creation of businesses, and therefore formal jobs, in those countries. By that calculation Brazil appears to be on a promising path.