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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Life expectancy can differ up to 30 years in the US between different zip codes in the same state, indicating the significance of socioeconomic, environmental, and social factors in driving health outcomes. There are communities like hers all over America. We call these factors the Systemic Drivers of Health. Image by the authors.

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Local Collaboration Can Drive Global Progress on the SDGs

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Their experiences show how the interdependencies of the SDGs come to life at the local level: Ending homelessness requires addressing issues of poverty, mental and physical health, quality employment, environmental justice, and climate change—in addition to safe and affordable housing.

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How to Restore the Care in Long-Term Nursing Care

NonProfit Quarterly

Here, by social financing, we refer primarily to impact investing and social impact bonds (Geobey and Harji 2014; Han, Chen, and Toepler 2020; Rosenman 2019). Journal of European Social Policy 22 (4): 377–91. Paying for Success: An Appraisal of Social Impact Bonds.” Global Economic Management Review 21: 36–45.

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Why the Social Sector Needs an Impact Registry

Stanford Social Innovation Review

These biomarkers make it easier to diagnose, develop a prognosis, and respond to the progression by modifying therapies and managing side effects. How it’s helped: Carbon registries help environmental project developers get carbon credits by collecting, verifying, and tracking outcomes.

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The Challenge to Power

NonProfit Quarterly

5 As they did, many became politicized; so, they began pushing for economic and social policies that would end discrimination and redistribute resources to the masses at home and abroad. In a quest to grow the mission, organizations hired managers. Now they have managers of managers of managers.

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Capitalism, the Insecurity Machine: A Conversation with Astra Taylor

NonProfit Quarterly

Let’s say you manage to save money, and you put it in your 401(k) because you don’t have state-provided security in old age. Because the things we are up against, movements for economic, political, or environmental justice, are huge industries, entrenched systems, and habits of thought. Most businesses don’t make it!