Putting Gates in perspective

Thank you for another great issue. Alliance just keeps getting better and better!

My only quibble with the interesting views expressed concerning the Gates Foundation was the general lack of historical understanding of foundations. I realize that foundations – and indeed the non-profit sector more generally – tend to avoid ‘wasting time’ on academic pursuits such as looking back; but not doing so runs the risk of failing to see where we have been before and what we might learn from experience.