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Gates Foundation’s ‘Failing’ Green Revolution in Africa: New Report
New research from the Tufts Global Development and Environment Institute levels harsh critiques at the billion dollar Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
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- Environment
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Viewpoint: The Aid Sector Must Do More to Tackle Its White Supremacy Problem
Racism is embedded in structures and power dynamics, so we should logically conclude that we are not immune
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- Entrepreneurship, Finance, Health Care
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Up and Away from Colonial Welfare: Social Entrepreneur “Mou” Khan’s 21st Century Micro NGO
FCAB was founded by the late Abdul Majid Khan, a Bangladeshi-American engineer who left his homeland in 1976 to pursue graduate studies at the University of Michigan School of Engineering. A father of four who co-founded Ann Arbor’s first mosque, Mr. Khan died in an automobile accident shortly after filing FCAB’s legal paperwork for a tax-exempt non-profit status with the United States Internal Revenue Service and with plans to incorporate as an aid organization in Bangladesh.
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- Entrepreneurship
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- South Asia
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Philanthropy is Changing Fast: 12 Lessons from Three Reports
A slew of reports over the last two years from the more progressive spheres of the social good sector shows that philanthropy cannot continue with “business as usual” if we hope to actually achieve the global SDGs. Mark Horoszowski and Petra Barbu of MovingWorlds pull some nuggets of wisdom from several recent reports, all pointing toward new rules the changemakers of the future are, or soon will be, following.
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- Entrepreneurship
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Malawi opens drone testing corridor for humanitarian efforts
The air corridor is a result of the partnership with the UN's children's agency and officials say it opens up the possibility for "potential humanitarian" drone use in the southeast African country.
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- Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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A growing share of aid is spent by private firms, not charities
Haiti is one example of a trend. Though not all countries break down aid spending according to the type of contractor used, data from those that do suggest that a growing share of aid is funnelled, not through charities or non-profit foundations, but through consultancies and other private-sector contractors that profit from the work.
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- Impact Assessment
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Viewpoint: George W. Bush: PEPFAR saves millions of lives in Africa. Keep it fully funded.
Last week in Gaborone, Botswana, Laura and I sat in a small room in Tlokweng Main Clinic, a facility that recently started screening and treating women for cervical cancer. Seated with us was Leithailwe Wale, a 40-year-old woman who was diagnosed with the disease. Thanks to early detection and access to treatment, she told us, today she is alive, healthy and able to raise her son.
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- Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Trump Meets Bill Gates After President Seeks Cuts in Foreign Aid
President Donald Trump met with Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates at the White House on Monday, just days after releasing a budget proposal that would impose deep cuts on funding for many of the causes championed by the billionaire philanthropist.
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