2009 – the year of philanthropy books

One of the nice things that has happened to me in the last several years is that I often get asked to read and comment on other people’s manuscripts. This gives me a chance to learn from good thinkers as they are still in the creative process – an incredible gift. It also is exciting [...]

Green cross-platforms

I read about William Easterly’s new edited book, Reinventing Foreign Aid, over on Mari Kuraishi’s blog – and went right out and bought a copy. I know less about international philanthropy than I’d like to. Ironically, from my perspective, one of the great aspects of foreign aid is that it is well-documented and increasingly well-evaluated. [...]