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Special Series (Part 3): BPO for the BoP : The trials and successes of an early-stage Impact Sourcing Service Provider in Africa
Impact Sourcing Service Providers (ISSPs) constitute a critical component of the emerging Impact Sourcing space. ISSPs are business process outsourcing (BPO) organizations with the specific social objective, often outlined in their mission, to hire workers from poor and vulnerable communities to perform BPO work. ISSPs are emerging in rural areas as reaction to rising costs in Tier 1 and Tier 2 cities in developing countries.
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A Changemaker’s Secret: The Role of Self-permission in Changemaking
I recently attended an event in Toronto hosted by Ashoka Canada, convening a community of people who are changing systems and frameworks by partnering with businesses, schools and communities. While there, I met Peter Mortifee, a retired physician and founder of Somerset Foundation. His journey reflects the most fundamental step in becoming a changemaker: giving ourselves permission.
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Part 1: What Really Happens at a BoP Clinic?: A new study shows surprising results
Jishnu Das, Senior Economist in the Development Research Group at The World Bank, recently co-authored a Health Affairs study on quality of primary care in India. In Part 1 of a two-part interview, Rose Reis of CHMI asks Das about the study’s unique methods and disturbing findings.
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- Education, Health Care
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Special Series (Part 2): BPO for the BoP – The need for (and promise of) Impact Sourcing
In part one of this series, we defined Impact Sourcing and some of the factors accelerating its growth. Now, let’s look a little deeper into the two key trends driving interest in the space and whether these can be married through Impact Sourcing in a manner that drives benefit for both the BPO industry, as well as poor and vulnerable communities in emerging economies.
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- Agriculture, Education, Impact Assessment, Technology
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The dirty little secret for making better vaccines
A menu of 61 new strains of genetically engineered bacteria may mean better vaccines for diseases like flu, whooping cough, cholera, and HPV.
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- Education, Health Care
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Special Series (Part 1): BPO for the BoP – defining Impact Sourcing and its potential to boost employment opportunity
Impact Sourcing, also known as socially responsible outsourcing, is an exciting and emerging space within the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector. Through work performed by the William Davidson Institute and funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, this series explores the challenges and potential for impact sourcing to alleviate poverty for millions of people in a sustainable manner through job creation and employment.
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‘Game-Changing’ Flu Vaccines Not Far Off
Today's flu shots aren't perfect -- but a "universal" flu vaccine that works better and lasts longer may not be far off, health experts say.
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- Education, Health Care
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MakeSense : Now in Brazil, the problem-solving platform looks to expand
MakeSense is an open project created to solve the myriad challenges that social entrepreneurs face. On the site, entrepreneurs are invited to enter their daily trials and tribulations, and solicit remedies from users. In addition, the site organizes "hold-up" events, in which, for three hours, a "gangster" (that is, a member of MakeSense) leads a brainstorming session with 10 to 15 people to offer solutions for a particular entrepreneur’s challenge.
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- Education
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