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Washington Post: A simple pair of glasses is helping productivity gains in some Bangladesh garment factories

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Fortune: The people sewing your clothes can’t see the stitches clearly — a $10 pair of glasses could unlock $27 billion in gains

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What Ted Turner taught us about tenacity

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Seven Years On: The Research Bet That Reframed Global Development

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SMU Business Families Institute unveils new framework to drive systems change and lasting philanthropic impact

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Taking a moonshot so everyone in the world can see clearly

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Fast Company: Philanthropy cannot be the global aid plan B

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The Positive Leadership Podcast: Seeing the future and transforming the lives of millions

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Warren Buffett Philanthropy Timeline Could be Shortsighted
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Why Buffett’s Philanthropy Timeline Could be Short-Sighted

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Talking Philanthropy Fireside Chat

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The Chen Yet-Sen Family Foundation has grown from a small, family-driven initiative into a global force for good.
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Celebrating 20 Years of The Chen Yet-Sen Family Foundation

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James Chen Vision - Childhood Literacy Blog
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Is Reading Back in the Good Books of the Younger Generation?

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Baking a difference: Why ‘unrestricted funding’ matters for non-profits

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DRIVE for sustainable development

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2022 – A year in philanthropy

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Reflecting on World Sight Day 2022

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We must set our sights on vision correction for all

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Access to poor vision remains a global affliction

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Changing the World: One Word At A Time

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Rattling the Cages: Helping the world to see clearly

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Taking the moonshots on Earth before venturing into space

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James Chen: Why I am a ‘catalytic’ philanthropist

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The best philanthropy takes the biggest risks

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Rising Phoenix: the story of the Paralympics that had to be told

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Laboratory worker wearing protective equipment examines an ampule with a Covid-19 test
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What philanthropy can do to fight pandemics and future health crises

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Catalytic Philanthropy is a missing piece in the SDGs puzzle

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There’s more to philanthropy than financial literacy

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Philanthropy ventures where Charity cannot

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