River Path is an organisational pathfinder. We work by challenging perceptions, building evidence for change, and mapping the future. We use a range of techniques, including strategic consulting, research, and the development of creative solutions.
We work in the public, private and not for profit sectors, and in multiple professional fields – ranging from demography to communications technologies, and from international relations to retail. But everything we do is focused on four strands that we consider essential to being fit for the future.
What is football doing for the community? Not a lot. We took a look and When Saturday Comes wanted its readers to know too. (River Path: authors)
Client: When Saturday Comes
Author: David Steven
Date: 22/07/99
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Learning material for the World Bank’s core course on Population and Reproductive Health prepared with David Bloom and David Canning (editing support).
Client: World Bank
Author: David Bloom and David Canning
Date: 11/10/99
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The positive correlation between health and income is well known. This paper, written in collaboration with David Bloom and David Canning, explores the more intriguing possibility that health improvements can also lead to income growth. (River Path: co-authors)
Client: Science
Author: David E. Bloom, David Canning and River Path Associates
Date: 01/05/01
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An overview of health and development, and of the various justifications for attempts to improve global health. (River Path copy-editing)
Client: World Health Organization
Author: David Bloom & David Canning
Date: 01/05/01
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A concept paper for the UNDP Human Development report 2001. Using the examples of the discovery of penicillin, the recurring battle against TB and HIV/AIDS prevention efforts, this paper shows how technology alone, without social mobilisation and cooperation between governments, scientists and the private sector, is not sufficient for improving human health.
The paper also looks at the growing influence of IT and its ability to empower individuals to make their own health decisions. It concludes: “The concept of “social technology” places technology at the center of the many social forces that mediate its use. It does not downplay the significance of a technological advance - especially a “magic bullet” of the power of an antibiotic. Such advances can truly be transformative - it is the job of a ‘social technology’ to make sure that they are.”
Client: UNDP
Author: David E. Bloom , River Path Associates and Karen Fang
Date: 01/01/01
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