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So You Want to Create an HVC? Four Criteria to Get Started
Hybrid Value Chains are not merely hybrid in value, but also in their operational approach, as companies and social actors capitalize on their particular areas of expertise to deliver a valuable product or service neither partner could provide on its own. We have distilled our thinking into four main principles in this interactive presentation.
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Mobile Money in Haiti: A Novel Approach to Developing the Financial Sector
Can a mobile phone-based banking system help a poor country recover from disaster and build a more prosperous future? With 85 percent of households in Haiti having access to a mobile phone, the introduction of mobile money offers an opportunity to strengthen financial inclusion and expedite the delivery of cash assistance by humanitarian agencies.
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Friday Roundup – 1/28/11: Trends to Watch in 2011
Our friends at Dowser.org have published a set of really interesting interviews over the last days. The result is a series titled "Trends to Look for in 2011" featuring several thought leaders and practitioners in the social enterprise space. I would encourage you to give it a careful read.
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A Fellowship In Social Enterprise for Undergrads? It’s Called IDEX
A fellowship in social enterprise geared for recent undergraduates? It exists! The IDEX Fellowship in Social Enterprise is specifically geared towards servicing the low-income education field currently in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. The fellows program provides recent undergrads an opportunity to support social enterprises in the growing space.
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Local ?Bridge-Maker? Turns Up at Davos
Shawn Ahmed is tweeting gleefully about the white all-access badge he’s been handed at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, where politicians and CEOs are meeting this week to try to solve some of the world’s biggest problems. The 29-year-old Canadian landed a coveted seat representing the YouTube community after winning an international online competition called the Davos Debates. It’s a coup for a guy from Richmond Hill who ditched a graduat...
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In Haiti, the Fonkoze Model of Social Evolution – Part 2
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a two-part series on Fonkoze’s operations following last year’s earthquake in Haiti. New Fonkoze clients pay a one-time membership fee for life, and they quickly encounter an organization structure designed to communicate to them what a democratic institution looks like.
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