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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

1 While techniques of herding or trapping adult fish in shallow tidal areas, in estuaries, and along their inland migration can be found around the globe, Hawaiians developed loko i‘a that are technologically unique, advancing the cultivation practice of mahi i‘a (fish farmers). 4 (See Figure 1.). This movement continues to grow.

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How To Get The Most Out of Your Case Management Software

GiveGab

They do the admirable and time-intensive work that makes our communities a better place to live, and technology plays an undeniable role in that. Your strategies can only be as effective as the technology that backs them, so start with a solution that’s equipped with the features your team needs.

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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.

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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.