Unit 4 Text A mindmap

The power of catalytic philanthropy

The Power of Catalytic Philanthropy

• Problems
  • Deep poverty in Africa
  • Many children died from diseases
• Limitations
  • Market
    • Billions of people have no way to express their needs
    • The private sector still under-invests in innovation
    • A small subset of the returns
  • Government
    • Election cycles are short
    • Be averse to risk
    • Backing only the ones that make progress
• Solutions
  • Market
    • Factor poor-world diseases into their business model
    • Seize the opportunity of innovation
  • Government
    • Provide a safely net
    • Put in money to add to the market incentives
  • Philanthropy
    • Go first
    • Find a solution that works
• Achievements
  • More than 250 million children have been immunized
  • More than 5million deaths have been prevented
• What we can do
  • Volunteer
  • Donate some dollars