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Assembling a Network for Impact Across Latin America
How far has impact investing come in Latin America, and what steps need to be taken to unleash the potential of business to address social and environmental problems in the region? These are the questions that more than 300 leaders in the impact investing field came together to address in Merida, Mexico at last week’s Foro Latinoamericano de Inversion de Impacto (Latin American Impact Investing Forum), hosted by New Ventures Mexico.
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Social Enterprising: DR Congo’s Untapped Resource?
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the world of Social Entrepreneurship may seem strange bedfellows. One is constantly in the media for its good, the other for bad. One demonstrates economic empowerment, the other an absence thereof. But that’s not what I found on a recent trip there.
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Gearing up for the 2012 Harvard Social Enterprise Conference
NextBillion is heading to Harvard this coming weekend along with 1,500 attendees and 75 speakers to cover the annual Social Enterprise Conference. The student-run conference, jointly produced by Harvard Business School and Harvard School of Government, is in its 13th year and boasts a wide array of keynotes, panels, a social business plan competition, and a career fair - all embodying innovation, inclusion, and impact.
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Your Coffee, Their Lives, Our Planet
At the most basic level, engaging smallholder farmers in global agricultural supply chains may be one of the most powerful ways to reduce global poverty and ameliorate environmental degradation. It was a key point of discussion at the Sustainable Value Chain Finance Workshop, co-hosted by the Rainforest Alliance and Citi Foundation.
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On World Day of Social Justice, the Role For Business
Jake Walter is the country director of TechnoServe/Mozambique. Since 1998, he has led TechnoServe’s efforts to create a competitive and sustainable commercial agricultural sector that promotes opportunities for small-scale producers and creates jobs for the rural poor. Prior to joining TechnoServe, Jake was a vice president for ABS Global, a bovine genetics and technology company.On the World Day of Social Justice, Jake discusses how TechnoServe’s work in Mozambique contributes to a stronger society, and how business can be a means to promote social justice.
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NexThought Monday: Imaginary Engineers
The dabbawallahs, or "box people," deliver about 200,000 home cooked meals daily to about 80,000 offices at lunch time and have achieved six sigma status. This low-tech operation shows systems improvement is not just about applying the newest technology or management principle to an organization.
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Weekly Roundup: 2-19-12 – Going Beyond ‘Potential’ in Southeast Asia
There seems to be no lack of enthusiasm in the potential for China and Southeast Asia as fertile ground for a social enterprise sector. By launching the Impact Ventures Accelerator Program, LGT Venture Philanthropy hopes to go beyond ‘potential’ toward establishing a new a network for cultivating enterprises in the region.
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Scaling up Environmental Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies – Framing the Discussion
Although environmental entrepreneurship continues to hold great promise for sustainable development, it also faces great challenges from an overall market perspective. To find some answers to these challenges, we interviewed a number of pioneers in environmental entrepreneurship development.
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