by mfg | Mar 31, 2010 | Int'l Philanthropy, US Philanthropy
Two articles have been sitting on my desk for weeks now and I’ve spent a number of afternoons mulling over what to write about them. The first Doing God’s Work from the Wall Street Journal takes another look at the success of Islamic finance funds and ask how well...
by mfg | Feb 15, 2010 | US Philanthropy
Two months ago, the provincial government where I live asked some of its disability service providers to help pay the provincial deficit – by returning a portion of money from previously signed government contracts. It was a particularly callous move being two...
by mfg | Jan 25, 2010 | US Philanthropy
What is the human instinct when tragedy strikes outside of your immediate circle? (I use the term ‘circle’ quite loosely and encourage self definition). For the past two weeks, I’ve been in keen observation mode. Watching Anderson Cooper on CNN, reading various and...
by mfg | Jan 7, 2010 | US Philanthropy
Halfway through Dambisa Moyo’s Dead Aid, I find myself with many of the same thoughts that plagued me during my graduate studies – how could so many smart people get this so entirely wrong? Regardless of whether you agree with the intensity of Moyo’s criticism,...
by mfg | Dec 4, 2009 | US Philanthropy
I last asked, “Will the West let Asia rise?” I was playing off a comment from Hans Rosling’s TED presentation – and was applying a similar notion to philanthropy and social innovation. Writing for Alliance, Olga Alexeeva turned my thesis around in her article...
by mfg | Nov 25, 2009 | US Philanthropy
Returning from two weeks in India – with my mind full of thoughts, I came across Hans Rosling’s video from Ted India. I adore how excited Rosling is about statistics (b/c I’m not), and think GapMinder is quite clever (b/c helps people like me to “get it”)....
