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The Second Wave of Social Entrepreneurs?
I began to realize that the field of social entrepreneurship is becoming more professionalized. First consulting out of undergrad, then a one year stint at an NGO or social enterprise abroad, then B-school, then they land a "job" at an organization in this field. As I observe this shift, there are two things I am thinking about.
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Scaling Up Impact Investing In China
Tao Zhang, the Chief Operating Officer of New Ventures, WRI’s center for environmental entrepreneurship with local operations in China and five other high growth markets, says given the need for China to create sustainable economic growth over the decades to come, impact investing has an important role to play and should gain traction there.
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Best Ideas of 2011: 2012, the Year of Archimedean Entrepreneurs
Around 200 BC, Archimedes made a formidable dare: "Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it and I shall move the world". Two thousand years later, ‘Archimedean entrepreneurs’ are responding to this mythical challenge, moving Africa beyond the "starving-growth" paradox to address the greatest challenge facing us.
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The View from Canada: Impact Investing 2.0 – Your Money, Your Way
At the Social Finance Forum hosted by the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing last month in Toronto, speakers revealed new opportunities and new mechanisms for retail-sized investors seeking social and monetary dividends - from solar bonds to affordable housing.
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Guest Post: Promoting Green Entrepreneurship in India’s Auto-Rickshaw Sector
Auto-rickshaw services in Indian cities are mostly unorganized, creating myriad economic and environmental problems for both drivers and customer passengers. But linking rickshaw entrepreneurs with social investors presents a huge business opportunity to bring about social and sustainable benefits - the focus of an EMBARQ India summit next month.
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In Ghana, For-Profit Health Providers Are An Important Source of Care for Rich and Poor Alike
A new comprehensive analysis of Ghana’s health marketplace conducted recently for the World Bank Group should be mandatory reading for health enterprises, analysts, or others keen to enter, expand or study operations in this progressive west African country.
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A New Direction in South-South Collaboration at the 6th Annual New Ventures India Investor Forum
Last month, New Ventures India held its 6th annual Investor Forum, which showcased 17 environmentally-focused SMEs to investors and business leaders in Mumbai. For the first time, the forum hosted several sessions dedicated to South-South collaboration giving 8 companies from across Asia and Africa the chance to present the case for entering India.
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Best Ideas of 2011: Understanding Three Affordable Housing X-Factors
I spent most of 2011 in Pakistan working at Ansaar Management Company on affordable housing projects in the flood-affected areas. Reflecting on the year, there are three distinct lessons that stand out. I call them X-Factors; lessons that, if understood broadly, could make a significant difference in the way in which housing is provided for all.
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