Across the world, welfare states are under challenge—or were never developed extensively in the first place—while non-state actors increasingly provide publ
Throughout the Global South, diverse non-state actors have historically played critical roles in enabling populations to meet their basic needs, whether by prov
Why are so many American social programs delegated to private actors? And what are the consequences for efficiency, accountability, and the well-being of benefi
In the early 1990s, the countries of the former Soviet Bloc faced an urgent need to reform the systems by which they delivered broad, basic social welfare to th
