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featured Governance article, When your calendar is a moral document conversation with Reverend Jim Wallis

JANUARY 2010

When your calendar is a moral document: A conversation with Reverend Jim Wallis

The CEO of the social-justice organization Sojourners discusses the imperative for rethinking values in the wake of the economic downturn.

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Patients judge us in the same way they would judge a restaurant or a hotel: on the experience they have here. That experience has a physical, clinical, and emotional component.

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    NOVEMBER 2007

    Addressing Africa’s health workforce crisis

    Addressing Africa’s health workforce crisis is a formidable task. Yet McKinsey’s experience in the region suggests ways to make headway.

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    DECEMBER 2006

    Building better partnerships for global health

    By correcting some flaws, global health partnerships can save even more lives in desperately poor countries.

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    SEPTEMBER 2006 Premium

    A nonprofit goes for broke

    When the Atlantic Philanthropies decided to spend its entire endowment by 2020, it faced huge challenges—which it has so far managed successfully, providing an example for institutions contemplating transformative change.

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    AUGUST 2006 Premium

    Developing China’s nonprofit sector

    Corporations, the Chinese government, and nonprofits themselves all have important roles to play.

  • featured Public Sector article, tsunami reconstruction

    FEBRUARY 2006 Premium

    After the tsunami: Lessons from reconstruction

    Indonesia and Sri Lanka faced the monumental task of rebuilding once their immediate needs were met. Their experience could help other countries respond to disasters.

  • featured Nonprofit article, nonprofit success

    DECEMBER 2004 Premium

    Helping nonprofits do business

    Business plan competitions are a powerful way to help nonprofits turn ideas into sustainable commercial ventures.

  • featured Nonprofit article, nonprofits

    MAY 2004 Premium

    Nonprofits: Ensuring that bigger is better

    The federation structure remains a viable model for nonprofit organizations—if managements transform themselves and affiliates collaborate more closely.

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  • featured Nonprofit article, prizes spur innovation

    JULY 2009

    Using prizes to spur innovation

    Prizes used to spark innovation are on the rise. Philanthropists—as well as players in the public and private sectors—must understand how to use them in the most effective way.

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  • featured Health Care article, better way to speed adoption of vaccines

    AUGUST 2008

    A better way to speed the adoption of vaccines

    Mapping the way decision makers interact could hasten the introduction of vaccines.

  • featured Nonprofit article, private health care Africa

    MARCH 2008

    How private health care can help Africa

    In Nigeria, Kenya, and elsewhere, the private sector already serves more than 40 percent of the people in the lowest economic quintile. With the right investments, it could do even more.

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  • featured Nonprofit article, corporate citizenship

    NOVEMBER 2004 Premium

    The UN's role in corporate social responsibility

    The UN Global Compact has become a major force promoting corporate social responsibility, but not enough US companies are participating.

  • featured Financial Services article, investors

    FEBRUARY 2004 Premium

    A halo for angel investors

    A portfolio of investments in socially responsible companies can generate returns similar to those of the S&P 500.

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