New Global Centers in Nigeria and India Partner with Hollywood for Social Impact

India’s Bollywood and Nigeria’s Nollywood film industries are leveraging the power of entertainment in an effort to prevent disease and improve the quality of l...

WORLD’S LARGEST FILM INDUSTRIES USING ENTERTAINMENT TO IMPROVE LIVES

New Global Centers in Nigeria and India Partner with Hollywood for Social Impact:

LOS ANGELES, November 1, 2013 — India’s Bollywood and...

In Pakistan, Victory Against Polio is in the Hands of Local Officials

Pakistan is one of three countries in which polio remains endemic. But a group of national and provincial officials seem to have a clear-eyed view of what it will take to f...

In 2000, the UN set eight goals that changed the world. They expire in 2015, what next?

AN UNCERTAIN BEGINNING

Although it was several years ago, I still remember how Melinda and I felt when we learned about the Millennium Development Goals. We were ho...

Intangible cultural heritage: A force for sustainable development

No society can flourish without culture – and no development can be sustainable without it. Culture holds answers to many of the challenges societies face today. Awar...

The Political Debate: Morality vs Growth

Never has Indian society been more bipolar than with its reaction towards Nerendra Modi. It is rare to find anyone that has a neutral opinion about him. His supporters proj...

Bill Gates Talks To Author Of “Behind the Beautiful Forevers” Katherine Boo

Bill Gates: How did you pick the particular slum and the people that you profiled in the book?

Katherine Boo: Although I’d been spending time in slums all ove...

Former Viacom Exec Lead USC Initative

Todd Cunningham has been named Director of the Media Impact Project, an interdisciplinary team of skilled researchers and data specialists at the Norman Lear Center of the ...