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Category: Philanthropy

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Nov 05, 2007

Will more agriculture in Africa help Africans eat?

The importance of a well-fed population to growth and prosperity is obvious. What does not seem clear, however, is the direct link these reports – and the reporting done on them – seem to draw between agriculture as a sector and large-scale decreases in poverty.

Oct 30, 2007

Farm Bills and Food Stamps

Given all the reporting on the many problems with current farm policy that has been done in the past year by publications from across the political spectrum it is baffling how the new farm bill can get passed looking even worse than it did before.

Sep 27, 2007

More Money Does Not Always Lead to Better Education

The 2007 Education at a Glance report, published by the OECD, shows that among the world’s wealthiest countries, those who spend well more than average on education (the US included) do not see proportionate increases in the number of students who finish secondary school, or indeed go beyond. 

Sep 06, 2007

Making Your Contribution

Difficult as it may be to believe, people living in top income brackets also worry about money: that they don’t have enough to sustain their lifestyles or to leave to their kids.

Aug 31, 2007

Revisiting Socially Responsible Investing

Activist investing might be far more productive as a strategy for bringing about change than boycotting, because as investors they want the company to make a profit and are realistic about how the company can best do that; but as activists they do not want the profit to come at the expense of others.

Jul 18, 2007

Celebrities, Influence, and Listening to Africans

The challenge for anyone looking to make a measurable difference is that the dynamics that help and harm in each country are so diverse. It is legitimately difficult to know who to listen to, because equally informed, stake-holding Africans have conflicting ideas about what will work in their respective countries or communities. 

Jul 06, 2007

In Global Health, Money Isn’t the Problem

A recent Economist article argues that there is more than enough money earmarked for world health initiatives, but that the available funds are not being dispersed.

Jun 27, 2007

The Challenges, and Opportunity, of Rapid Testing

In HIV/AIDS circles a false positive is a preferable evil to a false negative (which denies a patient treatment and creates the possibility that he or she will unknowingly spread the virus), but they still aren’t good, especially given the high stigma associated with the disease.

Jun 26, 2007

Differing Views in Charity Work Splits the Funds

Almost every field of interest contains conflict, with well-informed people taking different stances, but when a field is too widely splintered it can dilute the effectiveness of all of the participants.

May 30, 2007

Cheap Instead of Free: Lessons in Effective Aid

In an attempt to curtail the phenomenon in aid circles in which materials distributed for free are thrown away or never used, some groups are experimenting with making the poor pay for certain interventions, such as bed nets. The goal is to determine whether payment will increase use. 

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