Nearly 100 young, dedicated fellows have helped find over $650 million in energy savings for companies, cities, and universities.
Dr. Gerardo Avalos on the Impact of Globalization on Costa Rica
Gerardo Avalos, Director of the Center for Sustainable Development Studies in Atenas, Costa Rica talks about some of the effects of globalizaton on Costa Rica’s economy.
The payoff from paying off
Conditional cash transfer programs in China have increased rates of facility-based delivery.
The geniuses
Poring over the just-released list of MacArthur “Genius” grant winners.
Thanks, Rick Perry?
According to pollsters, prominent climate skeptics like presidential candidate Rick Perry have caused more Americans to believe in global warming.
The Nuclear Lottery
While many countries put their best engineers to work re-evaluating their nuclear power systems, at its heart, this is not a technical question.
Investing for impact
Hybrid models of profits and philanthropy -“impact investing”-have the potential to channel investment to Sub-Saharan Africa toward projects with high degrees of social impact. Their method of valuation would also identify high-impact technology innovations – donkey ambulances, anyone? – that might escape the radar of traditional private equity.
Garikai Nyaruwata on the Role of Private Equity in African Development
Garikai Nyaruwata describes the ways in which private equity may be uniquely suited for addressing some of Africa’s development challenges, as well as some of the barriers to its successful implementation.
A path forward to end a conflict in the desert
In one of the most beautiful cities in the world, a nomadic people are caught in an alleged clash between tourism, development, and sustainability.
The quiet consensus on fuel efficiency
For decades American automakers strongly resisted tighter fuel efficiency standards, and now they’re quietly supporting major increases. What changed?