Gautam Ivatury, Jesse Moore, and Alison Bloch A Doctor in Your Pocket Health Hotlines in Developing Countries Afiya lives in the rural Sylhet region of Bangladesh. For two days, her youngest daughter, Rubina, ha sido…
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Patricia N. Mechael The Case for mHealth in Developing Countries While the health community debates whether a specialized field of “mHealth” exists and how to define it, most people will agree that individuals around the…
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Soraya Salti Students Incorporated INJAZ on a Mission to Send Arab Youth to Planet Free Enterprise Competition was fierce among the teenagers flocking to the Omani desert from across the Arab World with their corporate…
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Rory Stear and Kristine Pearson Power Play Freeplay Energy and the Freeplay Foundation Expand Access to Energy, Información, and Education Innovations Case Narrative: Freeplay Energy and Freeplay Foundation Thirty-five percent of the world’s population has…
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Robert Bryce The Delusions of “Energy Independence” Whether it’s financial independence, political independence, the Declaration of Independence, or grilling hotdogs on Independence Day, America’s self-image is inextricably bound to the concepts of freedom and autonomy….
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R. Gopalakrishnan India and Tata National Development and the Corporation A fundamental characteristic of entrepreneurship is its capacity to generate employment, offer the promise of more income, and increase wealth. By doing so, it plays…
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Fadi Ghandour A Partnership for Development The Middle East suffers from a highly complicated set of problems and challenges that reflect directly on issues of security and political, social, and economic well- ser. Some of…
James N. Levitt and Charles C. Chester
James N. Levitt and Charles C. Chester Conservation and Climate Change: The Immediate Need to Adapt I used to think adaptation subtracted from our efforts on [climate change] prevention. But I’ve changed my mind. —Al…
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Jaison G. Morgan Inducing Innovation Through Prizes Today, as corporate and philanthropic interests experiment increasingly with dif- ferent types of competitions to induce breakthroughs, we are experiencing a resur- gence of innovation through prizes. De…
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Jim Fruchterman Developing Information Technology to Meet Social Needs Innovations Case Narrative: Benetech Technology can be an immense force for good in the world. Sin embargo, if a technol- ogy innovation doesn’t generate major financial returns,…