Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Most obviously, funders working in specific issue areas—climate, health, education, or in my case, democracy—can work to support efforts downstream to prepare government and civil society in their respective sectors to take advantage of the opportunities and mitigate the risks of AI on their specific areas of concern.

Civil Society 109

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 109

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 11, 2023

For example, another recent study on African conservation funding practices finds that 92 percent of African civil society organizations struggle to access sufficient core funding, 71 percent of them identified short-term project structures as a key barrier, and 52 percent find existing proposal and reporting requirements to be a barrier.

Civil Society 116

Civil Society Environmental Public and Social Policy Governance 116

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 29, 2023

Earlier this year, Vermont passed a bill that bans owning and running paramilitary training camps, the Associated Press reports. But while residents and town officials are working to oppose dangerous militia operations, the town is also protecting itself from environmental harm.

Governance 122

Governance Disaster Relief Law Civil Society 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 15, 2023

For instance, some governments may perceive the imposition of environmental commitments as an infringement on their sovereignty. Furthermore, debt-for-nature swaps may not free up enough revenues for the debtor country to finance environmental programs. Each of these challenges must be tackled head-on.

Public and Social Policy 91

Public and Social Policy Environmental Governance Civil Society 91

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Once the cooperative was set up with support from civil society 10 years ago, the collective progress has become visceral. Today, Amul has more than 16 million milk producers and 185,903 dairy cooperative societies making India the world’s largest milk producer.

Food 117

Food Civil Society Agriculture Public and Social Policy 117

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Using market mechanisms, many social entrepreneurs have followed the example of Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank to set up enterprises with a main objective of tackling social or environmental issues. Human capital is positively associated with creativity and value creation.

Social Entrepreneurship 123

Social Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Social Enterprise Social Enterprise 123

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 17, 2022

To achieve this, more businesses need to join with the government and civil society to actively confront inequality, poverty, and climate change together. Constant downward pressure on price and inequitable distribution of value results in high social and environmental costs for farmers that consumers and investors rarely see.

Agriculture 103

Agriculture Civil Society Poverty Environmental 103