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Have your cake? If you like cake.
Among the many topics at the Skoll World Forum, the question that has swirled around my head is “can you have your cake and eat it too?” posed in relation to social good with market returns. The most interesting answer to this question came as “Well, it depends on if...
Islamic Finance, Muslim 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...
Build strong intermediaries, Build strong connections
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 weeks...