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Whether you’re working on a local collective impact initiative or a national public-private partnership; whether you’re a practitioner or a researcher; whether you’re looking for basics or a detailed look at a particular topic, our Resource Library can help you find the information and tools you need for your cross-sector thinking and practice. The Library — which includes resources from research organizations, advisory groups, training organizations, academic centers and journals, and other sources — spans issue areas, sectors, and partnership types.

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✴︎ Available only with purchase from publisher “Since the initial publication of ‘Collective Impact’ in Stanford Social Innovation Review (Winter 2011), collective impact has gained tremendous momentum as a disciplined, cross-sector approach to solving social and environmental problems on a large scale,” write John Kania,…

Cross-sector collaborations “come in all shapes and sizes and have adapted to the specific conditions found in local communities or state and federal governments,” write John J Forrer, James Edwin, and Eric Boyer in The Public Manager. They discuss four basic CSC approaches — including…

✴︎ Available only with purchase from publisher In this contribution to SSIR, the President of Communities In Schools writes about the role funders played in helping his organization scale up. “Of all the things that happened between 1977 and today to enable and support the…

This detailed blog post from the Center for American Progress describes the differences between traditional procurement, public-private partnerships, and private finance. “Public-private partnerships are a useful alternative form of procurement, allowing project sponsors to balance multiple goals against various delivery methods. They are not, however,…

“On September 30, 2014, the Roundtable on Obesity Solutions held a one-day workshop titled ‘Cross-Sector Responses to Obesity: Models for Change.’ The workshop was designed to explore models of cross-sector work that may reduce the prevalence and consequences of obesity, discuss lessons learned from case…

This article from McKinsey & Company describes the infrastructure funding gap that affects institutional investors and government agencies, greenfield’s attractiveness to institutional investors, and government initiatives to encourage investment in infrastructure. “Traditional infrastructure-market players, such as governments and utilities, are under financial pressure, and their…