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Book Review: The Profit at the Bottom of the Ladder
Jody Heymann?s book, "The Profit at the Bottom of the Ladder: Creating Value by Investing in Your Workforce," examines how to improve working conditions of employees while also increasing a company?s success.
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- employment
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NextThought Monday: Trading on the Social Entrepreneur Asset Class Idea
Creating an asset class for social entrepreneurship not only engenders an aura of solid ground for investors, both institutional and private, it could formally connect social entrepreneurs with a far wider scope of capital markets. Though not necessarily a new idea, it would seem many minds are acquiescing around the concept.
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- Social Enterprise
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Sustainable Employment: A Necessary Intervention for the Poor
The global rate for extreme poverty is projected to be 15% in 2015, down significantly from 42% in 1990. Still, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, is a call to explore all possible approaches to stabilize the volatile lives of the poor.
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- Environment
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Friday Roundup – 10/15/10: New Links in the Patient Capital Curve
USAID, Vinod Khosla, Blog Action Day and microfranchising on this week’s Friday Roundup.
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TechnoServe Sees Sector Growth Through Refinement
Two years ago, Chabruma Luhwavi, CEO of Hai Cocoa in Tanzania, was exporting between five and 10 tons of cocoa a year. This fall, his company has sealed a deal to sell more than 1,000 tons. He’s one of thousands of companies connecting with TechnoServe. Senior Vice President Simon Winter provides an update on this cornerstone BoP institution.
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- Agriculture
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How to Build the Private Sector in Africa
In this wide-ranging interview - Christopher Fomunyoh, senior associate and regional director for Central and West Africa at the National Democratic Institute - outlines the role of governance in creating a transparent and competitive business environment across Africa.
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- Education
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Good News for Mel Gibson, and Education
Young adults like "Mel Gibson," a Malawi resident with a creative pseudonym, have the drive to expand their education, but rarely the financial resources. This Q&A with student microloan-focused Vittana examines the group’s expansion into Africa, reactions to Kiva entering the student loan space, and how the sector is helping students like Mel.
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Connecting the Dots through Social Impact Measurement
Last week, the 2010 Social Enterprise Conference at Columbia Business School presented a panel called Connecting the Dots through Social Impact Measurement, joining the ongoing conversation that has surfaced in recent conferences such as SOCAP10 and ANDE.
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- Impact Assessment, Social Enterprise
