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Book Review: The Power of Unreasonable People – How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change
Upon finishing The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World, three words came to mind: it’s about time.? Lately, I’ve felt that the social entrepreneurship movement has grown too large, encompassing too many sub-topics that don’t...
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Book Review: Paul Polak’s Out of Poverty
So far, 2008 has been a great year in terms of attention to BoP and market-based solutions to poverty. Out of Poverty, a new book by Paul Polak, founder of International Development Enterprises (IDE), just hit the shelves this month and will certainly add to this momentum. IDE’s recent...
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Job – Chief Operating Officer, Scojo Foundation
Position: Chief Operating Officer Location: Hyderabad, India with frequent international travel to the US, China, Africa and Latin America (30%) Organization: Scojo Foundation is a global social enterprise, currently operating in 13 countries, which creates jobs and sustains livelihoods...
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Jobs at Intellecap
Intellecap recently e-mailed us about a couple of interesting job opportunities.About Intellecap:Intellecap is a leading consulting firm focused on capital advisory and innovations for the inclusive finance space, endeavoring to createand deliver mainstream, profitable solutions to address...
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The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World
An important new book hits shelves (and Amazon wish lists) today.? The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World is co-authored by John Elkington (of SustainAbility) and Pamela Hartigan (of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship). ...
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Expanding Rural Access: Evidence From Vietnam, Mongolia and Sri Lanka
Over the past year, I have posted two submissions developed by Darrell Owen, a former U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employee who has been working at the bleeding edge of rural connectivity for the BoP. Darrell’s posts and his white papers reflect ongoing work in the...
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Engineers for Social Impact
As Moses pointed out last week, a good talent strategy is key to the success of “base of the pyramid"? enterprises.A few months back, I had blogged about my idea to bring top talent into the development sector. We are excited to announce the launch of Engineers for Social Impact - a...
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The Week Went Well
Talk about an exciting time to be involved with the BoP. Since the world?s wealthiest philanthropist Bill Gates gave his speech about “creative capitalism” in Davos last Thursday, the development world has been abuzz with its interpretations and implications. But Switzerland is not...
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