You may have noticed that one of the post categories for this blog is “U.S. Aid” and posts under that category are devoted to news and commentary about U.S. efforts to provide financial and humanitarian assistance to other countries. I see this as one of the pillars of the traditional U.S. role in the world. […]
Overview: Looking from both sides of the border, the state of the economy certainly stayed top of mind in the philanthropic sector. In the U.S., there was great energy as the administration opened the Office of Social Innovation and set aside $50 million for a fund in the same name. Yet, spirits were tempered as […]
Returning from two weeks in India – with my mind full of thoughts, I came across Hans Rosling’s video from Ted India. I adore how excited Rosling is about statistics (b/c I’m not), and think GapMinder is quite clever (b/c helps people like me to “get it”). Since my mind tends probe the non-Western experience, […]
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