This paper analyzes the optimal division of labor between foundations and the public sector. Philanthropists enjoy more personal degrees of freedom than leverage over social systems, because public resources vastly exceed philanthropic resources. Given this dynamic, engaging the public sector is...

Given that access to energy is a fundamental human need on the one hand, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) on the other is critical to keep human civilization as we know it viable beyond the twenty-first century, the global community is tasked to chart an appropriate course toward...

Over the past few years, social entrepreneurship has captured the imagination of development and social policy practitioners. The term is rapidly becoming shorthand for the performance revolution in the social sector. Social entrepreneurship may well hold the key to address the crisis of the...