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When It Comes to Promoting Prosperity, Production Beats Consumption

Stanford Social Innovation Review

In this sense, many international development philanthropies are neglecting the most powerful route to prosperity: productive employment in a thriving economy. Historically, these resources have only materialized when countries have achieved massive expansions of economic productivity and opportunity.

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Fisheries and Stewardship: Lessons from Native Hawaiian Aquaculture

NonProfit Quarterly

2 In this, loko i‘a served a sophisticated and essential role in protein production, producing an estimated 300 pounds of fish per acre per year. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, globalization and advancements in refrigeration and transportation transformed food production and thus environmental stewardship practices globally.

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Community Development Must Center Power Building: A San Francisco Story

NonProfit Quarterly

Before the tenants’ objections and proposal could be addressed, the Housing Authority’s proposed conversion was shelved after the federal Housing and Urban Development department sanctioned the agency for mismanagement. And without passage of a bond, the prospects for any new affordable housing would be bleak.

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“Educational Purposes”: Nonprofit Land as a Vital Site of Struggle

NonProfit Quarterly

Hedge Funds That Conduct Classes Today, universities turn their research into lucrative commercial goods and patents in a range of fields, from the pharmaceutical industries and software products to health services and military defense weaponry. Given my work, it specifically focuses on university-driven urban development.

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Whose Capital? Our Capital! The Power of Workers’ Pensions for the Common Good

NonProfit Quarterly

Such housing shall include substantial allocations for individuals who fall into the “Extremely Low”, “Very Low”, “Low”, and “Moderate” income categories, based on household size, as updated annually by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. percent) of US gross domestic product. percent from the $5.56

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How To Get The Most Out of Your Case Management Software

GiveGab

On the other hand, a housing case management solution may offer pre-built forms and reports that are designed to provide the data necessary for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). There’s no better source you can leverage than the people who develop your technology and know the product inside and out.

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Housing and Climate: Funding Holistic Solutions

Stanford Social Innovation Review

We desperately need both mitigation and adaptation—and that means we cannot simply focus on exciting new products and technologies. by storing solar energy), and thinking about what happens to housing after major climate events. We also have to remediate the harm that has already been done.