Banking on Microfinance
Transforming into banks has given microfinance institutions greater sustainability, but perhaps at the cost of mission drift.
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Innovative ways that organizations are using and adapting business strategies to advance social and environmental well-being (more)
Workers of the World, Buy!
iCare is enabling Southeast Asian workers to purchase the basic goods of middle-class life without falling into debt.
Health-Clinic Entrepreneurs
South Africa’s Unjani Non Profit Corporation is boosting community health by helping nurses launch their own clinics.
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Creating a Social Business
How Jaipur Living developed a global rug business, one weaver at a time, and lifted thousands out of poverty.
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Deploying Technology
Technology alone is not the innovation. Rather, the innovation lies in how technology is deployed.
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Innovation and Scaling for Impact: How Effective Social Enterprises Do It
How organizations in the development sector can more systematically consider the implications of the environments in which they work.
Social Entrepreneurship in the Middle East: Old Practice, New Concept
Better defining social entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa can help drive policy dialogue, create useful legal frameworks, and facilitate the financing and support services social enterprises in the region need to succeed.
Corporate Venturing for Social Impact in the Caribbean
More and more businesses are pioneering new ventures that create both commercial and social returns, and the Caribbean is well positioned to show what is possible when leaders tap into business as a force for good.
Bringing Together Business and Social Change: Not for the Faint of Heart
Launching social enterprises with national reach holds great promise, but there’s no easy route to success—a look at four lessons from the field.
The New Double Bottom Line
By combining the characteristics of small and nimble organizations with those that have successfully scaled, can we have our impact and our numbers too?