Government
International Development and Entrepreneurship
Nicolas Shea, the innovation and entrepreneurship advisor to the Chilean minister of economy, discusses the Start-Up Chile program.
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Tag: International Development
Impact Investing
Market-Minded Development
Acumen Fund uses impact investing to tackle global poverty. It's approach has garnered attention, but does it change aid?
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Social Innovations
Applying Design Thinking to Healthcare
CEO Joel Sadler about the company’s initial product,an artificial knee joint that is dramatically changing the lives of amputees in developing countries
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Global Issues
New Business Models and Metrics for Water
Ned Breslin talks about performance metrics, planning, and financing practices for a longer term vision for water and sanitation.
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Global Issues
Using Public-Private Partnerships to Resolve Asia’s Water Crisis
Asia's water systems are struggling in the face of climate change; a significant water availability gap seems imminent.
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Government
The World’s Water Infrastructure Challenge
ITT Corporation’s Colin Sabol talks about the urgent need for investments in water and sanitation infrastructure.
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Economic Development
Creating a World Without Poverty
Nobel Peace prize winner Muhammad Yunus talks about how he founded Grameen Bank to offer economic building tools for some of the poorest people in Bangladesh.
Economic Development
Questions to Address Youth Unemployment
We need to spur fresh thinking in this field even as we test and evaluate diverse approaches that promote youth economic empowerment in developing countries.
Social Entrepreneurship
Lagging Imperialists in Social Entrepreneurship and How to Avoid Them
We need more good examples and fewer good intentions in social entrepreneurship and humanitarian design.
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Economic Development
Jessica Jackley - International Development Through Microfinance
Jessica Jackley is cofounder of Kiva.org, the nonprofit microfinancing website that allows people to promote international development and break the cycle of poverty by lending as little as $25 to a specific third-world entrepreneur. In this audio lecture, sponsored by the Stanford Center for Social Innovation, Jackley talks about how she is revolutionizing philanthropy and inspiring a new generation of philanthropists through technology.