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Export Service Centre Connects Small-Scale Producers in Indonesia with Import Buyers in Europe to Create Sustainable Jobs and Advance Skills Development Hong Kong, July 22, 2008 -- People in Europe who buy the eco-friendly shopping bags made of recycled materials are doing more than just helping the environment -- they are also giving meaningful employment and self-sufficiency to 37 physically disabled people in Indonesia. This is made possible through the work of the non-profit Ex...
Exports of Eco-friendly Shopping Bags Give Livelihood Opportunities to Disabled in IndonesiaNews
The future of Nigeria belongs to today’s youths who are actively running their own small businesses. The minister of youth development, Senator Akinlabi Olasunkunmi, made this statement in Abuja at the closing ceremony of the corpers’ entrepreneurship development programme [CEDP] organised by Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) in collaboration with the directorate of National Youth Service Corps [NYSC]. The minister who was repres...
Nigeria: “The Future Belongs to Youths in Enterprise” – OlasunkamiNews
China recently overtook the United States as the world’s biggest carbon polluter, but in a nation known for its dirty technology , a surprising business trend is emerging: green entrepreneurs. As China booms, the country has relie...
Is the future green for China?News
A new global middle class is rising up from poverty in emerging economies around the world, providing competition for labor and resources, but also enormous promise for multinationals that tailor products and services to the burgeoning ranks of first-time consumers, according to Wharton faculty and analysts. Coca-Cola’s newly appointed chief executive Muhtar Kent sees this market as critical to his company’s future and describes the scale of the opportunity as equivalent to...
The New Global Middle Class: Potentially Profitable — but Also UnpredictableBlog Post
Guest blogger Karen Bennett is a Research Program Coordinator at the World Resources Institute. Her current work focuses on mainstreaming an ecosystem services approach to assure ecosystems’ capacity to provide humans with needed goods and services. She also provides support to projects in...
Guest Post: Maya Nut Trees Make A Comeback in Central AmericaNews
A FEW years ago, a self-described militant liberal named Val Curtis decided that it was time to save millions of children from death and disease. So Dr. Curtis, an anthropologist then living in the African nation of Burkina Faso, contacted some of the largest multinational corporations and asked them, in effect, to teach her how to manipulate consumer habits worldwide. Dr. Curtis, now the director of the Hygiene Center at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medi...
Warning: Habits May Be Good for YouBlog Post
This is part 3 of our series reviewing Michael Edwards’ Just Another Emperor and the concept of ’philanthrocapitalism’. Follow the links to read part 1 and part 2.Recently, there has been some debate surrounding business involvement in philanthropy and its usefulness after the...
A Dialogue on Philanthrocapitalism: Are BoP Businesses Useful Tools Against Poverty?Blog Post
This will be a very special week for us at WRI as the New Ventures Global team will be in together in Washington. Taking advantage of this opportunity, we would like to invite you to a panel discussion on the landscape for sustainable enterprise growth in emerging economies. Featuring our five...
Join Us for a Panel and Reception to Meet Our New Ventures Country Directors
