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MovingWorlds’ Next Move In Social Enterprise ‘Experteering’
The developing talent is perhaps the biggest challenge for social enterprises. No matter how well-rounded the team, there are just going to be skills that prove elusive. MovingWorlds, a platform for connecting social business novices with established business people was formed four years ago to bridge that gap. This month the firm launched MovingWorlds Institute to help skilled professionals transition to social impact careers.
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Growth Support Services: Taking Women-Run SMEs to the Next Level
The VV GROW Fellowship invests in women business owners in emerging economies, supporting them through three training stages: 1) virtual training, 2) in-person training, and 3) growth services and support. Here, four business owners talk about how, in the final stage of the fellowship, they implemented and revised their action plans and evaluated progress toward their growth goals.
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- Education, Social Enterprise
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Who Pays and What Works? The Changing Market of Inclusive Business Development Services
There are more development services for inclusive businesses than ever before. But how effective are they and what still needs to be done to improve the market? The Practitioner Hub for Inclusive Business and the Inclusive Business Accelerator have been exploring these questions and more in a new series.
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Powering Up International Women’s Day – The Skilled Girl Effect
Women are relatively new entrants to the formal workforce in Bangladesh, and most are the first in their families to have a job. As the trend of greater female employment spreads across the country, women are increasingly taking up leadership positions as well, which has tremendous implications for the country’s workforce. BRAC discusses these changes, and its efforts to support them through skills training.
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- Education
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Fruitful Entrepreneurship Training Helps Women in Tanzania’s Ag Sector Flourish
Over half of the agricultural workers in Tanzania are women. Not only do women carry out some of the most labor-intensive work, but they also have insufficient access to financial credit and face discrimination in land ownership. The Innovations in Gender Equality to Promote Household Food Security program, a joint venture between USAID and Land O’Lakes International Development launched in 2012, aims to identify, test and then scale innovations that enable female farmers to more efficiently produce agricultural products and bring them to market. The big goal: Help women spend less time in the field and more time in higher-value added activities.
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Virtual Companies Come to Life: How New Methods in Student Training Can Build Sustainable Entrepreneurship in Kenya
How can students gain the experience and skills necessary to lead their businesses effectively and sustainably? Integrating virtual (or "training") companies into education could be one answer. Sote ICT, a joint project of the Pontis Foundation in Slovakia and Kasigau Wildlife Trust in Kenya, focuses on the development of entrepreneurial skills in students at 12 high schools in southeast Kenya through this method. Since its inception three years ago, this project has educated more than 500 young people.
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- Education
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The Leap from Social Sector to Social Enterprise
Almost every day, I engage with professionals who are hoping to land a new type of job in a completely new discipline, region or sector. However, in our experience, you’re likely to be most successful at landing a job if you aim for roles that leverage your strengths and then seek ways to pivot into new areas of responsibility. Here are some tips for transitioning from the development, government or NGO sectors to a social business.
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- Social Enterprise
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10 Global Health Trends from 2015 and What They Mean for the New Year
It's not too early in 2016 to see a few emerging themes: a transition toward local ownership of health priorities, financing and implementation; a growing need to understand and target specific segments of populations; and a shift in focus to several emerging areas of opportunity which are new to the global health agenda.
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- Health Care
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