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Time for a New Kind of Capitalism?

The global financial crisis has led to serious questions, about the state of world capitalism. Anger is still running hot and strong against what’s perceived as the selfishness and greed of those in big Western banks and corporations. But there are some entrepreneurs who believe now is the time for another kind of capitalism to grow and flourish - a more kind and compassionate form which has social good as its goal, the betterment of the lives of the world’s poorest people, and ...

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Agriculture

NextBillion.net at the Global Philanthropy Forum

Titled "Five Crises, Multiple Solutions and Our Shared Commitment to Act" , this year’s Global Philanthropy Forum promises to offer a very interesting set of talks and discussions amongst the world’s leaders in the philanthopy/ social investment space.

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Agriculture

Google.org Places SME Initiative “On the Back Burner”

Here at NextBillion.net, we believe in the power of small and medium sized enterprises to spur economic development at the bottom of the pyramid.? This idea - one of the core principles of the "development through enterprise" movement that’s gaining steam in business and...

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Agriculture