Michael Green

Michael Green is executive director of the Social Progress Imperative. An economist by training, he is co-author (with Matthew Bishop of The Economist) of "Philanthrocapitalism: How Giving Can Save the World" and "The Road from Ruin: A New Capitalism for a Big Society." Previously Michael served as a senior official in the U.K. Department for International Development, where he managed British aid programs to Russia and Ukraine.

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New thinking will be required to meet the SDGs

over 9 years ago // Sustainable Development Goals

The recently released 2016 Social Progress Index found dramatic variation in how close we are to finding solutions to today's biggest challenges, with progress made on nutrition and access to basic education, but challenges ahead for tolerance and inclusion. Michael Green, executive director of the Social Progress Imperative, analyzes the report and asks what we can learn about achieving the SDGs.

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