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Funding for Inclusive Businesses in Latin America: sitawi?s Perspective
From NextBillion Espa?ol: Funding for Inclusive Business is a major issue. To take a look at the state of this field in Latin America, we consulted with some funds that operate in this region and learned their perspectives. Today we share the interview we did with Leonardo Letelier, CEO of the recently launched Brazilian social fund, sitawi.
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- Entrepreneurship, Impact Assessment
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Net Impact: Getting to Profit in Africa’s BoP
S.C. Johnson & Son’s venture to supply cleaning products to entrepreneurs for sanitizing public bathrooms in largely slum areas of Mathare, Kenya, (with the goal of reducing sanitation-remedied ailments like diarrhea), sounds like a perfect blueprint for a sustainable BoP business. But after more than two years, it’s still not profitable.
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- Impact Assessment
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Perceiving Innovation
Does the lack of fancy salt shakers coming out of Africa imply its citizens are less innovative? No. They are. But perhaps not in a way that we, as Westernized culture, recognize. Novel solutions to problems are developed every day and everywhere by necessity.
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- Entrepreneurship, Impact Assessment
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Connecting the Dots through Social Impact Measurement
Last week, the 2010 Social Enterprise Conference at Columbia Business School presented a panel called Connecting the Dots through Social Impact Measurement, joining the ongoing conversation that has surfaced in recent conferences such as SOCAP10 and ANDE.
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- Entrepreneurship, Impact Assessment