Philanthropy Action

Category: Philanthropy

There are 77 entries in this category.

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. 

May 24, 2007

Laptops for School Children Don’t Improve Performance

Secondary schools in the United States that have experimented with one-child-one-laptop provision are shutting down those programs after five or more years, an article in the New York Times reports. 

May 22, 2007

Decrease Yields, Increase Food Security

A recent Associated Press article cited a Danish study which concluded that food security in sub-Saharan Africa would not be negatively impacted if 50 percent of the agricultural acreage in Western food-exporting countries were converted to organic by 2020. 

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.

Mar 20, 2007

(Red) Gets a Beating

Critics are pillorying Bono’s current project to save Africa, Product (Red). 

Feb 28, 2007

Forgotten Diseases and Economics

The world continues to harbor a number of ‘forgotten’ diseases for which science has provided a treatment that society - whether out of political motivation or lack of will - refuses to make available to those who need it.

Feb 23, 2007

All Not Well in the State of Philanthropy

Two stories have come out in the past week that run counter to the rosy media coverage surrounding philanthropy. The first reports that 4.4 million fewer Americans volunteered their time in 2006, a drop of about eight percent from the year before. The second highlights a dramatic decrease in donations to the arts from corporate philanthropy.

Feb 06, 2007

Local Aid Workers in Danger

A recent report issued by the Center on International Cooperation at New York University confirms that attacks on aid workers have doubled or more than doubled every year between 1997 and 2005.

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