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Apply for the Siemens Stiftung Foundation: Empowering People Award
With the “empowering people. Award”, the Siemens Stiftung would like to identify efficient technical solutions which empower people in developing and emerging countries to independently combat existential problems in basic supply.
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Microfinance Leaders Launch Global Appeal For Responsible Industry Practices
WASHINGTON and PARIS, Sept. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Microfinance leaders today unveiled the "Global Appeal for Responsible Microfinance," a landmark document urging all microfinance stakeholders to take concerted action to ensure a strong and principled microfinance industry. The Appeal was announced at the Convergences 2015 World Forum in Paris.
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- governance, microfinance
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Reverse innovation brings social solutions to developed countries
Social entrepreneurship often focuses on finding solutions to problems in the developing world. But, as the European Union battles with the ongoing recession and the US experiences rising levels of poverty, social enterprise solutions are increasingly appropriate in advanced industrial countries as well.
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Unilever sees ‘return to poverty’ in Europe
Unilever will adopt marketing strategies used in developing countries in order to drive future growth in Europe, as the head of its European business warned that poverty will rise in the region as a result of the debt crisis.
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What Exactly Is Social Entrepreneurship?
We’re talking about success and social value. Today many people lump this in a special category: social entrepreneurship. We’re not sure exactly what that is, so we’re interested in learning more. As it turns out, so were two Tuck class of 2013 students, Christopher Halstedt and Brad Callow. This past spring they did an independent study Senior Associate Dean Bob Hansen and Gregg on exactly this topic. They set out to see if they could understand what exactly is social entrepreneurship and how it creates social value. Here are some excerpts from what they found:
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Social Edge to Merge with Skoll World Forum
The Skoll Foundation today announced the merging of Social Edge and Skoll World Forum into a new year-round platform, Skoll World Forum Online:
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The Argidius Foundation and ANDE Announce Finance Challenge to Stimulate Small Businesses in Emerging Markets
Competition aimed at providing entrepreneurial finance will award up to two million euros
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Finding the Line Between Technical and Political Solutions to Water Challenges
Technology can increase access to water and sanitation; other solutions seem to hinge on policy. But are the two areas distinct?
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- Agriculture, Environment, Technology
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