In September 2024, an article in The Economist posed a provocative question: Can evidence-based development programs, like those championed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Esther Duflo, scale ...

Complex challenges are often approached through siloed solutions—whether policy, markets, or social programs. But rarely are these attempts sufficient because the challenges we face are the result not ...

How do we get people of all political identities to willingly support social progress without compromising anyone’s values? In September 2024, two months before the American public voted Republicans ...

Since the dawn of the 21st century, we’ve faced an explosion of ideas and information like never before. Today’s world brings unprecedented levels of communication, leading to rising anxiety, ...

In March 2025, US President Donald Trump penned a public letter to Michael Kratsios, his incoming director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, outlining a vision to “usher in ...

“[Men] fear each other because they don’t know each other, and they don’t know each other because they don’t communicate with each other, and they don’t communicate with each other because they are ...

Prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, technology was already a growing part of the Ukrainian economy and was central to the government’s vision to reimagine the way citizens and businesses interact ...

The totality of these interconnected factors is what we call freedom of choice. An analysis of more than 600 cases of ...

But trying to find a more graceful way to say it led me to the heart of what I believe: Giving can be simple. Giving is human ...

This hidden curriculum exists because survival often depends on it. In my consulting work, supporting grantees as they ...

When the legendary physician and advocate Paul Farmer unexpectedly passed away at the age of 62 in February, he was called a hero, a visionary, and a global health giant. His ideas changed paradigms ...

When communities are praised for their resilience in times of crisis, we often hear stories about people showing up for one ...