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  • Global Ideas News Brief: The 5 stages of innovation at scale

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    Scale = Partnership
    Stanford Social Innovation Review
    Lessons from a new study by the Ashoka Globalizer Program.

    The Five Stages of Social Innovation at Scale
    Stanford Social Innovation Review
    Part of a series of articles on helping mature organizations stay adaptive and increase their social impact.

    Financing development

    Fighting Poverty, and Critics
    New York Times
    Nina Munk’s new book, “The Idealist,” is about the well-known economist Jeffrey Sachs and his “quest to end poverty,” as the subtitle puts it. The question of whether or not he is succeeding is where things get tricky.

    The Benefits of Cash Without Conditions
    New York Times
    The poor are different from you and me, as F. Scott Fitzgerald might have said. They have less money. Yet it makes news when a charity simply gives the poor cash.

    Economic development

    Fluid Markets
    Foreign Policy
    Deep in Congo’s violent east, the business of beer meets the ugliness of war.

    Why India’s Economy Is Stumbling
    New York Times
    For the past three decades, the Indian economy has grown impressively, but its self-confidence has been shaken.

    Poverty strains cognitive abilities, opening door for bad decision-making, new study finds
    Washington Post
    Poverty consumes so much mental energy that people struggling to make ends meet often have little brainpower left for anything else, leaving them more susceptible to bad decisions that can perpetuate their situation, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science.

    Troubles in emerging markets may dominate G-20 summit
    LA Times
    For the first time in several years, the annual G-20 summit won’t be dominated by the Eurozone’s debt troubles. An expected cutback in Federal Reserve stimulus lowers growth prospects in developing countries, some of which have seen sharp falls in their currencies.

    Resilience

    What is the business case for improving the resilience of cities?
    The Guardian
    With a changing climate, rising populations and resource scarcity, cities need to be able to bounce back from crises.

    Aid

    Number of Syrian refugees surpasses 2 million, U.N. says
    LA Times
    As the United States debates whether to strike at Syria, the United Nations said Tuesday that the number of Syrians who have fled their homeland has exceeded 2 million — a figure rising daily as the conflict in that country continues to rage.

    India passes massive program to feed 800 million in poverty
    LA Times
    India passed into law Monday an ambitious program to provide nearly free food to some 800 million Indians. Supporters hailed it as a long-overdue fix for the nation’s rampant poverty, while critics slammed it as a shameless and electoral ploy the country can’t afford that will encourage more waste and corruption.

    Interest

    Somalia celebrates that ultimate symbol of recovery: the return of TEDx
    The Guardian
    After delay caused by al-Shabaab attack, organisers say Mogadishu event poses toughest security challenge yet.

    Google Translate adds African languages
    The Guardian
    Test run of new Somali, Igbo, Hausa, Yoruba and Zulu services suggests a few tweaks may be needed.

    Google Translate is adding African languages to its service. Google is asking users to rate translations in five African languages including Hausa, Igbo, Somali, Yoruba and Zulu to improve translations. Screenshot: .

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