Two important lessons that Philanthropy seems to be taking to heart By Isabel Guerrero and Faizal Karmali In November, the Rockefeller Foundation announced the launch of Co-Impact, a collaborative systems change and scaling effort engaging large philanthropists around the world. Names alongside Rockefeller include Gates, Skoll, Wadhwani, Chandler and Nilekhani – and these are apparently just the beginning of …
POR ISABEL GUERRERO Y SANDRA NARANJO El ritmo de innovación tecnológica se mueve en forma geométrica y cuando menos lo esperemos, estaremos viviendo en el mundo de los supersónico. Autos que no necesitan conductores, robots que obedecen nuestras órdenes sobre que música queremos escuchar o que comida queremos pedir. Los ejemplos abundan entre nosotros. Google acaba de lanzar …
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This was the question last March on CNN-Dinero. The facts are shocking. The US is the only OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) country that doesn’t have paid maternity leave – joining Togo, Suriname and other small islands that are nowhere near as developed as the US. In my interview with CNN-Dinero’s Xavier Serbiá, I argued …
In August CNNe invited me to comment on Bill Gates’ latest donation of $5 billion US to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust. Xavier Serbia, host of CNN Dinero wondered about the motivation behind this gift. Is it to contribute to world development? To get tax benefits? Or to build a legacy beyond their …
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Last week I was invited to work with Fundación Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal and the Government of Brazil to help them in the scaling up process of the early childhood development program, Crianca Feliz (Happy Child). The context was a week-long executive education course at Insper, for 100 government officials coming from 25 states. The …
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