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From Unpaid to Unstoppable: The Rise of the Professional Community Health Worker Movement

Stanford Social Innovation Review

It worked: In 2023, Kenya announced it would provide monthly stipends, essential equipment, digital monitoring tools, and health insurance to me and 100,000 of my peersa huge win for Kenya, one of the most populated and influential African countries, as well as for the global effort to formally recognize CHWs.

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Insurance in a Climate-Changed World

NonProfit Quarterly

The first place that most of us will experience the direct costs of climate change is in the insurance market, and the problem has already emerged. Loading the Dice” In many areas, property insurance premiums have soared, and finding coverage has become extremely difficult. This escalation is our new normal.

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Building Supply Chains Where Smallholder Farmers Thrive

Stanford Social Innovation Review

To achieve this, more businesses need to join with the government and civil society to actively confront inequality, poverty, and climate change together. A Tyranny of Tradeoffs. However, in recent years, there have been attempts to break this cycle. Dialing In on Procurement.

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A Framework for Business Action on Climate Justice

Stanford Social Innovation Review

All sectors have a role to play in achieving climate justice, but it’s fair to say that compared to government and civil society, business is late in addressing the challenge and is in fact frequently called out as part of the problem. Why Climate Justice Matters to Business.

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A Historical Model for AI Regulation and Collaboration

Stanford Social Innovation Review

In 1990, governments around the world, with the leadership of the United States, began a 13-year effort to map human DNA through the Human Genome Project (HGP). People were afraid that employers and health insurance companies would use the data from genome mapping to discriminate, and they demanded a public policy response.

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Unrigging the Gig Economy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Gig companies like Uber and Handy, however, are having their cake and eating it too: fully controlling workers’ pay and conditions while evading the cost of doing business, like paying for unemployment insurance and workers’ comp (then using the money they save to pad their own profits).

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What’s in a Name? The Ethics of Building Naming Gifts

Stanford Social Innovation Review

an alumnus, was convicted of a felony and sentenced to nearly three years in prison for arranging the brutal execution of his show horse for the insurance payout. and Cambodian governments to repatriate over 30 ancient Khmer sculptures in their possession after a years-long investigation into looted artifacts from the country.

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