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How private health care can help Africa

March 2008

In Nigeria, Kenya, and elsewhere, the private sector already serves more than 40 percent of the people in the lowest economic quintile. With the right investments, it could do even more.

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A political education for business: An interview with the head of the Council on Foreign Relations

February 2008

Richard Haass says that businesses have much to learn from government as they compete in an increasingly complex global landscape.

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Addressing Africa’s health workforce crisis

November 2007

Addressing Africa’s health workforce crisis is a formidable task. Yet McKinsey’s experience in the region suggests ways to make headway.

The Archive

2006
Building better partnerships for global health

December 2006

By correcting some flaws, global health partnerships can save even more lives in desperately poor countries.

After the tsunami: Lessons from reconstruction

February 2006

Indonesia and Sri Lanka faced the monumental task of rebuilding once their immediate needs were met. Their experience could help other countries respond to disasters.

2004
Helping nonprofits do business

December 2004

Business plan competitions are a powerful way to help nonprofits turn ideas into sustainable commercial ventures.

Nonprofits: Ensuring that bigger is better

May 2004

The federation structure remains a viable model for nonprofit organizations—if managements transform themselves and affiliates collaborate more closely.

The dynamic nonprofit board

May 2004

Corporations aren’t alone in focusing on governance; rigorous oversight of management and performance is increasingly important for nonprofits too.

A consumer view of boutique health care

February 2004

Fee-based services could help hospitals provide better care for all patients.

A halo for angel investors

February 2004

A portfolio of investments in socially responsible companies can generate returns similar to those of the S&P 500.

Building better foundations

February 2004

A senior executive of the Annie E. Casey Foundation discusses the contentious issues facing 21st-century philanthropy.

Nonprofits' untapped resource

February 2004

Alumni represent a deep reservoir of time, money, and talent. Here’s how nonprofit organizations can foster enduring relationships with them.

2003
In-kind donations for nonprofits

November 2003

By closely managing corporate partnerships, nonprofit organizations can ensure that they receive the goods and services they need.

Aid agencies team up

June 2003

The key for charitable organizations hoping to achieve their goals more quickly and efficiently? Collaboration.

Knowledge management comes to philanthropy

June 2003

Foundations are endowed with intellectual as well as financial capital. Now is the time to use it.

Organizational lessons for nonprofits

June 2003

Teach For America learned the importance of building organizational capacity the hard way.

2002
Faster charity

June 2002

Former senator Bill Bradley argues that foundations and nonprofit organizations can benefit society best by paying out more of their money now rather than stockpiling their assets for later distribution.

The case for boutique health care

May 2002

By offering comfort and convenience to people willing to pay for them, nonprofit hospitals could finance better care for everyone.

For nonprofits, time is money

February 2002

Society pays a price when foundations and nonprofit organizations stockpile their assets. Donors should ask not just how, but how soon, their gifts will be used.

2001
Shall we dance? Premium Content

December 2001

Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater is undergoing its own Russian revolution.

A standard for relief

July 2001

Relief organizations have a mission close to home: improving their own efficiency and accountability.

Art for more than art's sake

July 2001

Public funding for the arts leads to more than just a vague cultural improvement; it yields concrete—and enormous—economic benefits.

Doing good by doing well

July 2001

Nonprofit organizations should consider creating wealth rather than merely redistributing it.

Do-it-yourself Silicon Valley: Using business plan competitions to spur economic development

July 2001

Economic development plans are a dime a dozen. A new approach makes it possible to create concentrations of high-tech businesses where they didn't exist previously.

Making welfare work

July 2001

A customer-focused reorganization of the Illinois Department of Human Services provides lessons for other public-sector and nonprofit agencies about how to improve efficiency and service.

Reinventing philanthropy

July 2001

A second revolution in American philanthropy is under way. But if it is to transform the nonprofit sector, donors will have to make better-informed decisions.

Measuring what matters in nonprofits

May 2001

Every nonprofit organization should measure its progress in fulfilling its mission, its success in mobilizing its resources, and its staff's effectiveness on the job.

Not-for-profit management: The gift that keeps on giving

February 2001

Nonprofit organizations should focus on building a lasting organization and on developing effective performance metrics. To make this possible, donors must change their approach to philanthropy.

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