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Jan 29, 2007
Measles Mortality Declines 60 Percent in Six Years
The World Health Organization announced last week that its Measles Initiative has been successful at decreasing worldwide measles deaths by 60 percent since it began in 1999. The challenge now will be to sustain and expand.
Jan 26, 2007
Tax Incentives Spur the Generous
There is, it turns out, a strong link between tax breaks and philanthropic giving - but not the one that many cynics assume. Tax breaks don’t determine whether a donor gives but are important in determining how much she gives.
Jan 24, 2007
Urban Migration: A Solution Bred from No Alternative
More than 200 million Chinese from rural areas are migrating to cities in search of work, often leaving their children behind. While this move toward the city seems inexorable, some creative people are thinking up ways to present the rural poor with alternatives.
Jan 02, 2007
2006 Charitable Giving Beats Records
The top fifteen pledged gifts for 2006 totalled fifteen times more than the top fifteen for 2005. But all this largesse comes back to just one source: Warren Buffett.