Mothers of Invention
Maternova is getting hundreds of life saving innovations to the front lines in developing countries using a new online platform.
Maternova is getting hundreds of life saving innovations to the front lines in developing countries using a new online platform.
An interview with Aleem Walji, practice manager for innovation at the World Bank Institute.
Global leaders should begin to consider a stronger relationship with local social enterprises.
Social enterprises have taken up the challenge of developing markets for newly designed cook stoves in India.
CEO and founder of Catchafire Rachael Chong discusses how her organization started and how it conducts outreach.
Social entrepreneurship is attracting growing amounts of talent, money, and attention, but along with its increasing popularity has come less certainty about what exactly a social entrepreneur is and does.
By working closely with the clients and consumers, design thinking allows high-impact solutions to social problems to bubble up from below rather than being imposed from the top.
Fair Trade-certified coffee is growing in sales, but strict certification requirements are resulting in uneven economic advantages for coffee growers and lower quality coffee for consumers.
Social entrepreneurship and social enterprise have become popular and positive rallying points for those trying to improve the world, but social innovation is a better vehicle for understanding and creating social change in all of its manifestations.
Understanding these six important differences will both facilitate better conversations and help channel funds appropriately.