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  • October 2010
  • Teaching Note

The Robin Hood Foundation (TN)

By: Alnoor Ebrahim
Teaching Note for 310031. View Details
Keywords: Performance Evaluation; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Enterprise; Organizational Culture; System
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Ebrahim, Alnoor. "The Robin Hood Foundation (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 311-066, October 2010.
  • May 2003
  • Article

Institutional Preconditions to Collaboration: Indian Forest and Irrigation Policy in Historical Perspective

By: Alnoor Ebrahim
Keywords: History; Natural Environment; Relationships; Policy; Cooperation; India
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Ebrahim, Alnoor. "Institutional Preconditions to Collaboration: Indian Forest and Irrigation Policy in Historical Perspective." Administration & Society 36, no. 2 (May 2003): 208–242.
  • March 2005
  • Article

Accountability Myopia: Losing Sight of Organizational Learning

By: Alnoor Ebrahim
Keywords: Organizations; Learning; Corporate Accountability
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Ebrahim, Alnoor. "Accountability Myopia: Losing Sight of Organizational Learning." Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 34, no. 1 (March 2005).
  • 12 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 12

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/511068-PDF-ENG ActionAid International: Globalizing Governance, Localizing Accountability Alnoor Ebrahim and Rachel GordonHarvard Business School Case 311-004 As a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • March 2014
  • Teaching Note

The Millennium Challenge Corporation and Ghana

By: Alnoor Ebrahim and Christine Snively
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Ebrahim, Alnoor, and Christine Snively. "The Millennium Challenge Corporation and Ghana." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 314-100, March 2014.
  • November 1995
  • Article

Energy Pricing and Groundwater Use

By: Alnoor Ebrahim and S. Mohanty
Keywords: Price; Energy; Natural Environment
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Ebrahim, Alnoor, and S. Mohanty. "Energy Pricing and Groundwater Use." Natural Resources Forum 19, no. 4 (November 1995): 321–330.
  • June 2001
  • Article

Learning Processes in Development Planning: A Theoretical Overview and Case Study

By: Alnoor Ebrahim and L. Ortolano
Keywords: Learning; Growth and Development; Planning; Theory; Information
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Ebrahim, Alnoor, and L. Ortolano. "Learning Processes in Development Planning: A Theoretical Overview and Case Study." Journal of Planning Education and Research 20, no. 4 (June 2001): 448–463.
  • 16 Aug 2011
  • First Look

First Look: August 16

  PublicationsThe World Bank and Democratic Accountability: The Role of Civil Society Authors:Alnoor Ebrahim and Steve Herz Publication:Chap. 3 in Building Global Democracy? Civil Society and Accountable Global Governance, edited View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Fall 2012
  • Article

Enacting Our Field

By: Alnoor Ebrahim
This keynote address, delivered to the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council at its 25-year "benchmark" conference, examines the pedagogical challenges facing the field of nonprofit management in American higher education. It interrogates four binary distinctions commonly... View Details
Keywords: Conferences; Higher Education; Teaching; Social Issues; Innovation and Invention; Programs; Management; Nonprofit Organizations
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Ebrahim, Alnoor. "Enacting Our Field." Keynote Address. Nonprofit Management & Leadership 23, no. 1 (Fall 2012): 13–28. (Keynote Address to the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council, 25 Year Benchmark Conference.)
  • 2010
  • Working Paper

The Many Faces of Nonprofit Accountability

By: Alnoor Ebrahim
What does it mean for a nonprofit organization to be accountable? Nonprofit leaders tend to pay attention to accountability once a problem of trust arises—a scandal in the sector or in their own organization, questions from citizens or donors who want to know if their... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Accountability; Corporate Disclosure; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Leadership; Mission and Purpose; Performance Evaluation; Nonprofit Organizations; Business Strategy
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Ebrahim, Alnoor. "The Many Faces of Nonprofit Accountability." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-069, February 2010.
  • 2003
  • Book

NGOs and Organizational Change: Discourse, Reporting and Learning

By: Alnoor Ebrahim
Keywords: Non-Governmental Organizations; Change; Reports; Learning
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Ebrahim, Alnoor. NGOs and Organizational Change: Discourse, Reporting and Learning. U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2003. (Winner of Outstanding Book in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Research presented by Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action. paperback ed. 2005.)
  • September 2010
  • Teaching Note

Acumen Fund: Measurement in Impact Investing (TN) (A) and (B)

By: Alnoor Ebrahim
Teaching Note for 310011 and 310017. View Details
Keywords: Projects; For-Profit Firms; Networks; Health Care and Treatment; Performance Evaluation; Investment Portfolio; Asset Pricing; Competition; Multinational Firms and Management; Venture Capital; Investment Return; Poverty; Financial Services Industry; Kenya
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Ebrahim, Alnoor. "Acumen Fund: Measurement in Impact Investing (TN) (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 311-056, September 2010.
  • 2010
  • Dictionary Entry

Accountability

By: Alnoor Ebrahim
Keywords: Governance Compliance
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Ebrahim, Alnoor. "Accountability." In International Encyclopedia of Civil Society, edited by Helmut K. Anheier and Stefan Toepler. New York: Springer, 2010.
  • October 5, 2009
  • Editorial

The World Bank Must Fix Its Business Model

By: Alnoor Ebrahim
Keywords: Banks and Banking; Business Model
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Ebrahim, Alnoor. "The World Bank Must Fix Its Business Model." Financial Times (October 5, 2009).
  • 2008
  • Working Paper

Learning Processes in Environmental Policy Making and Implementation

By: Alnoor Ebrahim
This paper explores how "learning" occurs in the context of environmental policy formulation and implementation. Rather than viewing policy learning as a rational and technocratic process, the emphasis here is on the political and institutional contexts within which... View Details
Keywords: Policy; Business and Government Relations; Natural Environment; Power and Influence; South Africa; Brazil
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Ebrahim, Alnoor. "Learning Processes in Environmental Policy Making and Implementation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-071, February 2008.
  • 2004
  • Report

Seeking NGO-Donor Partnership for Greater Effectiveness and Accountability

By: Alnoor Ebrahim
Keywords: Non-Governmental Organizations; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Partners and Partnerships; Governance; Performance Effectiveness
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Ebrahim, Alnoor. "Seeking NGO-Donor Partnership for Greater Effectiveness and Accountability." Report, Inter-American Development Bank, May 2004.
  • May 2003
  • Article

Accountability in Practice: Mechanisms for NGOs

By: Alnoor Ebrahim
Keywords: Corporate Accountability; Non-Governmental Organizations
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Ebrahim, Alnoor. "Accountability in Practice: Mechanisms for NGOs." World Development 31, no. 5 (May 2003): 813–829.
  • autumn 2005
  • Article

Evaluating Accountability: Can We Do More with Less?

By: Alnoor Ebrahim
Keywords: Governance
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Ebrahim, Alnoor. "Evaluating Accountability: Can We Do More with Less?" AccountAbility Forum 7 (autumn 2005): 28–33.
  • 2008
  • Chapter

Learning in Environmental Policymaking and Implementation

By: Alnoor Ebrahim
This paper explores how "learning" occurs in the context of environmental policy formulation and implementation. Rather than viewing policy learning as a rational and technocratic process, the emphasis here is on the political and institutional contexts within which... View Details
Keywords: Learning; Corporate Accountability; Policy; Government and Politics; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Natural Environment; Power and Influence; South Africa; Brazil
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Ebrahim, Alnoor. "Learning in Environmental Policymaking and Implementation." In Strategic Environmental Assessment for Policies: An Instrument for Good Governance, edited by Kulsum Ahmed and Ernesto Sanchez-Triana. Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 2008. (Was HBS Working Paper 08-071.)
  • 2010
  • Working Paper

The Limits of Nonprofit Impact: A Contingency Framework for Measuring Social Performance

By: Alnoor Ebrahim and V. Kasturi Rangan
Leaders of organizations in the social sector are under growing pressure to demonstrate their impacts on pressing societal problems such as global poverty. We review the debates around performance and impact, drawing on three literatures: strategic philanthropy,... View Details
Keywords: Development Economics; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Leadership; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance Expectations; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Issues
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Ebrahim, Alnoor, and V. Kasturi Rangan. "The Limits of Nonprofit Impact: A Contingency Framework for Measuring Social Performance." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-099, May 2010. (Recipient of 2010 Academy of Management, Public and Nonprofit Division, Carlo Masini Award for Innovative Scholarship runner-up prize; and, selection for the Best Papers proceedings.)
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