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“Being a woman gives me patience and humility”
Aparajita Agrawal's Sankalp Forum is the first platform globally that has social enterprises at its core.
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- South Asia
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World Bank: Africa’s economic growth to outpace average
Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa should significantly outpace the global average over the next three years, according to the World Bank.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- poverty alleviation, scale
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Nairobi Company Develop Innovative Technique for Waste Management
Just one-third of Nairobi’s trash makes it to the single municipal dumpsite at Dandora.
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Social impact measurement: time to admit defeat?
'Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts', said Einstein. Perhaps it's time to heed this lesson.
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Social enterprise franchise: a 10-question test
Franchising isn't easy, especially in the social enterprise sector. So what do you need to have in place before you do it?
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Pakistan’s social entrepreneurs eager to unlock innovation potential
A changing mindset can help the country establish an enabling environment in which social enterprises can flourish
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- North Africa & Near East
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Looking for a Latin American Seed Fund? Try the Colombian Government
Grooveshark creator Andres Barreto is placing a bet on Colombia.
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TOMS Shoes and Consumerism’s 3 Biggest Sins
Unlike impact investing, which is often funded by rich angel investors, conscious consumerism allows middle class individuals to make philanthropy part of their daily lives. Unfortunately, the movement remains controversial because companies like TOMS don’t prioritize a lot of things that “normal” social enterprises do. Here are conscious consumerism’s three biggest sins.
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