Former World Bank economist Paul Collier examines the factors that keep the world's least developed countries trapped in destructive cycles of conflict and violence and contribute to the plight of the one billion people who survive on less than a dollar a day....

PND's Regina Mahone reviews a user-friendly primer by Rigby, founder of Mobile Voter, to the evolving field of Web 2.0 technology, which offers examples of what works and what doesn't....

Gillian Sciacca reviews management expert Thomas' book, which uses the metaphor of the crucible to explore the difficult experiences through which a leader develops strategies to navigate change....

Capital Strategists Group founder Tom Ralser explains why, in an environment in which outcomes and demonstrated impact are more important than ever, an ROI-driven approach to fundraising could be a nonprofit's best friend....

In a world saturated by slogans, brand come-ons, and elevator pitches, management and marketing expert Leet shows you how to build a strategic message that drives home your nonprofit's value proposition.... 

The Foundation Center's Luz Rodriguez reviews the guide for development officers by Lysakowski, president and CEO of the consulting firm Capital Venture, who demystifies the process of putting together a development plan....

Minieri and Getsos, community organizers and co-founders of a community-based social justice organization in New York City, systematically lay out a process for engaging ordinary people in "active community institutions where they discuss politics and ideas as they work for a better neighborhood, city, state, nation, and beyond...." 

Crutchfield, a managing director at Ashoka, and Grant, an advisor to the Center for Social Innovation at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, spent four years surveying thousands of nonprofits to uncover the secrets of their success....

Dean, producer of more than a hundred television programs and creator of a production company, provides a toolkit for fundraising that any independent filmmaker or nonprofit looking to produce a documentary film will want to keep close at hand....

The Foundation Center's Daniel Matz reviews White's book, which asks: Did you ever wonder where all that money that Americans give — to the tune of more than $250 billion a year — goes? Or stop to think to whom you are entrusting your hard-earned dollars?....

The Foundation Center's Luz Rodriguez reviews a riveting anthology of essays by activists, thought leaders, scholars, and nonprofit professionals working in a range of social justice fields that continue the "conversation" begun at a 2004 conference co-organized by INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence and the Women of Color Collective of the University of California, Santa Barbara....

The Foundation Center's Jeanette Boulanger reviews Yours, Mine, and Ours, a lifeline for nonprofit leaders in a world where the number of nonprofits has exploded and philanthropy has come to mean different things to different donors....

In his new book, Ahern, an award-winning nonprofit communications consultant and magazine journalist who's in high demand for workshops and conferences, presents a "donor-centric" outlook and method that should be at the core of any communications piece ....

The latest volume in the Theater in the Americas series is an excellent introduction to the history of arts patronage, and includes richly textured biographies of early philanthropists such as Otto Kahn and the Lewisohn sisters, as well as an up-to-the-minute look at how contemporary media moguls such as David Geffen, philanthropies like the Ford Foundation, and companies such as Disney are transforming America's performing arts landscape.....

Paula Roth reviews the The Complete Idiot's Guide to Grant Writing, which is not necessarily for dummies — rather, it takes a simple, straightforward approach to the subject and includes material that will benefit even experienced grant writers....