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Apr 24, 2008
Explosive Growth in Conditional Cash Transfers
Conditional cash transfer programs (CCT) are rapidly gaining popularity around the world. While there are studies which show that CCT programs have a positive impact, there’s still a lot we don’t know about how well they work, why they work, and how to structure programs for maximum benefit to both recipients and society. To help answer these questions, we recently spoke with Dr. Leigh Linden, an assistant professor of economics at Columbia University.
Apr 23, 2008
Paying Parents to Keep Kids in School
For families living in poverty, the cost of sending a child to school can involve more than just educational fees. The “opportunity cost” of attending class—generally measured in potential wages lost as a consequence of having a child who’s in school rather than taking care of younger siblings so parents can work, or working himself—can be too great to justify the expense and delayed benefit of a formal education. To deal with this conflict governments are experimenting with conditional cash transfer programs which, in the case of education, provide incentive payments to poor families that send their kids to school.
Apr 21, 2008
Turning a Corner on Malaria?
The UN is planning a focused five-year campaign to eradicate malaria. Such an effort could save millions of lives. But we should watch the rhetoric of the campaign carefully, and be prepared for a long fight—one that will demand the attention of thoughtful donors long after the current spotlight has moved on.
Apr 16, 2008
Global Food Inflation: What Can Be Done?
Rapidly rising food prices around the world are capturing front page headlines daily. The problems in the agricultural sector of been decades in the making and will take several years to fix.The biggest danger is that in the rush to short-term fixes, we’ll simply create more distortions that don’t deal with the real issues and make future food crises even worse.
Apr 11, 2008
Cash Is More Addictive than Nicotine
Economists from Innovations for Poverty Action and the World Bank have found that money might be the most powerful tool to help smokers quit.
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.