By Sherine Jayawickrama
I’ve known since I was 18 that I wanted to be involved in the fight against poverty - not just as a passion but also as a profession.  I’ve been working on development …

On October 22 at 4 pm, the Hauser Center for Nonprofits Organizations and Harvard Book Store will host a conversation between two influential voices making the case (from two very different perspectives) that taking concrete action …

Citizenship has often been viewed as a residual of something else: get markets right and citizens will participate, or get elections right and citizens will have a voice. This is a narrow view of citizenship.  …

by Steven Lawry
One of the principal criticisms proponents of so-called new philanthropy direct toward old, or traditional large philanthropies is that old philanthropies, in assessing the merits of grant proposals, don’t require prospective grantees to …

By Steven Lawry
I am arguing in this four-part series that US foundations working internationally are not making full use of their freedom to support innovation and help people claim new rights—and that progress toward reducing …

This blog is meant to be a place where connections can be made between broad issues confronted by NGOs and trends in related arenas - like philanthropy, foreign assistance or academic research, to name a …

I never have envisioned myself as a blogger. But here I am taking over Tony Pipa’s blog, musing that “Sherine Jayawickrama’s blog” doesn’t roll off the tongue in quite the same way (unless you are …