Sustainable Communities are not easy, here are some tips:

1. Restore the streetcar city 

“Streetcar cities are characterized by easy access to transit, a wide variety of house types, and services and job sites very close at hand -- the exact elements of a sustainable city.”



2. Design an interconnected street system 

“Fine-grain interconnected street networks ensure that all trips are as short as possible, disperse congestion and are compatible with walking, biking…

Corporate Responsibility Definition - What really is it? Corporate responsibility CR also known as corporate social responsibility CSR, corporate citizenship, responsible business, sustainable responsible business (SRB), or corporate social performance, is a form of corporate self-regulation integrated into a business model. Ideally, CSR policy would function as a built-in, self-regulating mechanism whereby business would monitor and ensure its support to law, ethical standards, and…

No wonder unemployment remains high. Just as ADP was issuing a dismal August employment report, another group provided a study that helps explain why the job market is going nowhere: CEOs of the 50 companies that account for the bulk of the nation’s layoffs paid their chief executive officers 42% more than the average company, according to a report released today.



The 17th annual “Executive Excess” report, compiled by the Institute for Policy Studies, focused on 50…

I am re-posting this DEVFINANCE book review from Dale Adams with his permission of the new "More than Good Intentions" book from Deak Karlan and Jacob Appel because i think its a spot on (and always easy read) in terms of thinking through where RCTs may be more effective and where they might be less effective (credit, insurance, sme growth).  His comments mirror much of the thinking we have done internally and externally on the MILK project, where we hope to combine different approaches to…