ISSUE
Articles on social change from the latest edition of SSIR
Spring 2013
Volume 11, Number 2
In the spring of 2003 Stanford Social Innovation Review published its inaugural issue. Ten years later, in the spring 2013 issue, we are celebrating our decennial anniversary. To mark the occasion we asked some of the world’s leading thinkers and practitioners to contribute their thoughts about how the field of social innovation has evolved and what challenges remain ahead. We are thrilled to bring you the results—a diverse array of essays that are certain to provoke your thinking.
Features
Listening to Those Who Matter Most, the Beneficiaries
The views of those who benefit from social programs offers insight into a program's effectiveness.
High Stakes Donor Collaborations
Pioneering groups of foundations and philanthropists have pooled their talent and resources to help solve social sector problems too big for any one to tackle alone.
China’s Quest to Adopt Electric Vehicles
The Chinese government’s effort to create an electric vehicle industry illuminates the promise and peril of economic development policies.
Assessing Advocacy
Grantmakers can use a quantitative framework to help them decide which advocacy programs to invest in, and advocacy organizations can use it to determine which approaches might be most effective.
What's Next
Delivering Affordable Innovation
D-Rev delivers affordable health care innovation to the places that need it most.
Indexing Nonprofits
Donors want their money to be spent wisely, but knowing where to give can be difficult.
Poverty-Fighting Salons
Can open conversations accelerate the spread of good ideas in global development?
New Ecosystem for Middle East Entrepreneurs
The i2 Institute aims to catalyze hope across the Middle East.
Field Report
Habitat Builds Out Its Vision
In the aftermath of the US housing crisis, Habitat for Humanity is working to build not just affordable homes, but affordable communities.
Improving Household Balance Sheets
The Citi Foundation shifts its grantmaking operations to offer hands-on financial training.
Babel of Video
Some 200,000 videos have been subtitled in 100 languages, thanks to software that makes translating subtitles easy and relies on multilingual crowds.
Unifying Europe
The nonprofit Erste Foundation is an engine behind the for-profit Erste Group as well as its largest shareholder.
Case Study
Diversifying NGO Leadership
There was a time when the all the senior staff of international NGOs working in developing countries came from North America and Europe. That is changing.
Research
Incentivizing Donor Registration
Does granting people priority for organ allocation affect their willingness to become organ donors?
Elusive Effectiveness
A look at how to examine the effectiveness of community advocacy and representation.
Last Look
Sodom and Gomorrah
e-waste recycling in Agbogbloshie provides a livelihood for thousands of people, but it also results in a heavily polluted environment.
10th Anniversary Essays
Celebrating Ten Years
One of 16 special essays on how the field of social innovation has evolved and what challenges remain ahead.
The Globalization of Giving
One of 16 special essays on how the field of social innovation has evolved and what challenges remain ahead.
Design-Led Innovation in Government
One of 16 special essays on how the field of social innovation has evolved and what challenges remain ahead.
Out of London and New York
One of 16 special essays on how the field of social innovation has evolved and what challenges remain ahead.
The Nonprofits of 2025
One of 16 special essays on how the field of social innovation has evolved and what challenges remain ahead.
Money Is Never Enough
One of 16 special essays on how the field of social innovation has evolved and what challenges remain ahead.
Standing with the Poor
One of 16 special essays on how the field of social innovation has evolved and what challenges remain ahead.
Reshaping U.S. Public Education Policy
One of 16 special essays on how the field of social innovation has evolved and what challenges remain ahead.
Fifty Years of Social Change
One of 16 special essays on how the field of social innovation has evolved and what challenges remain ahead.
Consumer Rising: From Consumption to Production to Design
One of 16 special essays on how the field of social innovation has evolved and what challenges remain ahead.
The Mobile Continent
One of 16 special essays on how the field of social innovation has evolved and what challenges remain ahead.
Toward an Open-Solution Society
One of 16 special essays on how the field of social innovation has evolved and what challenges remain ahead.
A Team of Teams World
One of 16 special essays on how the field of social innovation has evolved and what challenges remain ahead.
Jobs and Social Innovation
One of 16 special essays on how the field of social innovation has evolved and what challenges remain ahead.
The Empowerment of Arab Women
One of 16 special essays on how the field of social innovation has evolved and what challenges remain ahead.
The Trouble with Winning
One of 16 special essays on how the field of social innovation has evolved and what challenges remain ahead.
SPONSORED SUPPLEMENT
Transforming Multilateralism: Innovation on a Global Stage
The Open Government Partnership seeks to build more transparent, effective, and accountable governments that empower citizens and respond to their democratic aspirations.
Shattering Decades of Diplomatic Protocol
The US Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights explains why OGP breaks the mold of international engagement.
Innovating Modern Democracy, in Brazil and Globally
The OGP partnership with Brazil represents a global challenge for government and civil society stakeholders to advance the concept of 21st-century democracy.
Advocacy from the Inside: The Role of Civil Society
What does it mean for civil society to have a seat—and an equal voice—at OGP’s table?
The UK’s Transparency Agenda
Francis Maude, the UK minister responsible for public transparency, and Simon Burall, a British civil society leader, discuss the potential impacts of OGP in the UK.
Tanzania’s Transparency Agenda
Matthias Chikawe, Justice Minister of Tanzania, and Rakesh Rajani, a Tanzanian civil society leader, discuss the potential impacts of OGP in Tanzania.
Philanthropy Can Catalyze an Open Government Movement
OGP is energizing the global open government discussion, while developing new norms and standards—something donors should support.
India in Open Government and Open Government in India
India’s absence from OGP underscores the larger challenges of harnessing international networks to support domestic activism.
Building a Global Norm on Open Government
The establishment of OGP suggests the emergence of a new norm for governance, based on transparency and collaboration.
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