Voices from the Skoll World Forum
A report from the opening plenary at the Skoll World Forum, featuring Paul Farmer.
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Madhu Sridhar - A Social Enterprise to Reduce Hunger in India
Akshaya Patra USA is an innovative social enterprise, a food program that is changing the face of education in India. In this audio interview with Stanford Center for Social Innovation correspondent Sheela Sethuraman, President and CEO Madhu Sridhar talks about how the enterprise grew from a small organization to a massive, well-run entity. She discusses its noble goals and its strategically oriented approaches to meeting high-volume demand at low cost.
All Entrepreneurship Is Social
Let’s not overlook what traditional entrepreneurs contribute to society.
Podcast
Paul Rice - Promoting Fair Trade as Social Entrepreneurship
Social entrepreneurship may be the most promising avenue for solving global problems, says Paul Rice, CEO of TransFair USA. In this audio lecture, sponsored by the Stanford Center for Social Innovation, Rice details his own work to establish Fair Trade. The movement has opened the U.S. market to more than 1.4 million small family farmers around the world who are now getting a fair price for their harvests and making dramatic gains in their living standards.
The Flattened Campus
The world's first tuition-free online university hopes to dramatically increase access to higher education.
Namibia Experiments with Aid for All
The world’s first universal cash transfer program is in Namibia and provides cash with no strings attached.
Lessons in Courage
Against all odds, the Afghan Institute of Learning educates women and girls in a war-torn society.
Review
Bearing Witness
LOOKING FOR THE LIGHT: The Hidden Life and Art of Marion Post Wolcott by Paul Hendrickson
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Inequality Makes Us Anxious
THE SPIRIT LEVEL: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger by Richard Wilkinson & Kate Pickett