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Can Financial Markets Be Good?

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By Skoll World Forum, Contributor

Editor’s Note: In an effort to capture the latest thinking and doing in metrics and evaluation, the Skoll World Forum partnered with the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs Metrics Conference held just a few weeks ago, and asked some of their participants to reflect on the current metrics landscape, the challenges and opportunities facing different sectors, and how best to move the dialogue forward. Villgro Innovations Foundation, Root Capital, Grameen Foundation and ANDE all participated in the discussion, which is published in full here. …read more

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Corporations Can't Ignore Climate Change

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By Skoll World Forum, Contributor

Editor’s Note:  Mindy S. Lubber is President of Ceres, a non-profit organisation that leads a national coalition of investors, environmental organisations and other public interest groups working with companies to address sustainability challenges. Mindy also directs the Investor Network on Climate Risk, a group of over 100 institutional investors managing $10 trillion in assets focused on the business risks and opportunities of climate change.

From: http://www.forbes.com/sites/skollworldforum/2013/04/11/corporations-cant-ignore-climate-change/

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Shifting Narratives Through Documentary Film: A Case Study of "Budrus"

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By Skoll World Forum, Contributor

Editor’s Note:  Julia Bacha is an award-winning filmmaker and Creative Director at the non-profit organisation Just Vision. Most recently, she directed and produced the critically-acclaimed feature documentary ‘Budrus’, which won over 18 major international prizes, and the short-film ‘My Neighbourhood’ (co-directed by Rebekah Wingert-Jabi), which had its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2012.

From: http://www.forbes.com/sites/skollworldforum/2013/04/11/shifting-narratives-through-documentary-film-a-case-study-of-budrus/

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Why Personal Interaction Drives Innovation and Collaboration

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By Skoll World Forum, Contributor

Editor’s Note: Harbrinder Kang is Senior Director of Corporate Affairs at Cisco. In this role, he is responsible for the strategic development, growth, and evolution of the award-winning Cisco Networking Academy program, which delivers computer networking education to more than one million students around the world each year. …read more

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Your Cell Phone Can Change the World

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By Skoll World Forum, Contributor

Editor’s Note: How do we deliver healthcare, education, nutrition, financial inclusion and other social goods in a sustainable manner to the populations that need them most? This article is part of “The Art and Science of Delivery,” an anthology of essays published by McKinsey & Company in honor of the 10th Anniversary of the Skoll World Forum—to be live-streamed April 10-12. It is the most recent installment of McKinsey’s ongoing series, Voices on Society, which convenes leading thinkers on social topics. …read more

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Soda pop and Vaccines: Leveraging Consumer Supply Chains to Promote Public Health and Economic Uplift

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By Skoll World Forum, Contributor

Editor’s Note: How do we deliver healthcare, education, nutrition, financial inclusion and other social goods in a sustainable manner to the populations that need them most? This article is part of “The Art and Science of Delivery,” an anthology of essays published by McKinsey & Company in honor of the 10th Anniversary of the Skoll World Forum—to be live-streamed April 10-12. It is the most recent installment of McKinsey’s ongoing series, Voices on Society, which convenes leading thinkers on social topics. …read more

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Ending Hunger in Africa

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By Skoll World Forum, Contributor

Editor’s Note: How do we deliver healthcare, education, nutrition, financial inclusion and other social goods in a sustainable manner to the populations that need them most? This article is part of “The Art and Science of Delivery,” an anthology of essays published by McKinsey & Company in honor of the 10th Anniversary of the Skoll World Forum—to be live-streamed April 10-12. It is the most recent installment of McKinsey’s ongoing series, Voices on Society, which convenes leading thinkers on social topics. …read more

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Realigning Health with Care

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By Skoll World Forum, Contributor

Editor’s Note:  Rebecca Onie is co-founder and CEO of Health Leads, a MacArthur Fellow, and a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. Paul Farmer is the chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Chief of the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and co-founder of Partners In Health.  …read more

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What does Climate Change Have to Do With Health Care?

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By Skoll World Forum, Contributor

Editor’s Note:  Gary Cohen is Co-Founder and President of Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth. He is a member of the International Advisory Board of the Sambhavna Clinic in Bhopal, India, established to help heal people affected by the Bhopal gas tragedy. He is on the board of the American Sustainable Business Council and Health Leads. …read more

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Let's Finally Get the Fundamentals of Healthcare in Place in Africa

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By Skoll World Forum, Contributor

Editor’s Note:  Andrea Coleman is co-founder and CEO of Riders for Health, an international social enterprise that manages and maintains vehicles for health care in sub-Saharan Africa enabling health workers to deliver vital health care to rural communities on a reliable and cost-effective basis. …read more

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Story, Social Responsibility and the Case for a New Model for Entertainment and Performing Arts Education

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By Skoll World Forum, Contributor

Editor’s Note: Teri Schwartz is Dean, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. She has launched a vision and plan re-imagining entertainment and performing arts education as an interdisciplinary enterprise grounded in humanistic storytelling, innovation, social responsibility and global diversity. …read more

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Social Intrapreneurs: Disruptive Innovators on the Inside

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Editor’s Note: Judy Samuelson created the Aspen Business and Society Program in 1998. Signature programmes include Beyond Grey Pinstripes, a global data base and report card on MBA business education, and the Corporate Values Strategy Group, a forum for business leaders to promote change in policy and business practice in pursuit of long-term value creation. …read more

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The Fight to End Pandemics

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By Skoll World Forum, Contributor

Editor’s Note:  Gary Cohen is Co-Founder and President of Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth. He is a member of the International Advisory Board of the Sambhavna Clinic in Bhopal, India, established to help heal people affected by the Bhopal gas tragedy. He is on the board of the American Sustainable Business Council and Health Leads. …read more

Source: FULL ARTICLE at Forbes Latest