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"Social Entrepreneurship" - Ashoka's Bill Drayton speaks at
GoogleGoogle.org59 min 52 sec - Aug 14, 2006Bill Drayton, Chairman and
CEO of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public and lifelong entrepreneur,
helped build the field of social entrepreneurship 25 years ago and
remains committed to shaping a dynamic, global citizen sector. He was
recently selected as one of America's Best Leaders by US News &
World Report and Harvard's Center for Public Leadership.
Ashoka's mission is to shape a citizen sector th
Muhammad Yunus: Banker to the Poor (preview)
AshokaDVD
4 min - Dec 13, 2006
A preview of Muhammad Yunus: Banker to the Poor - one of a series of 16 DVDs created by Ashoka's Global Academy for Social Entrepreneurship. Dr. Yunus, recently awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, describes his three-decade-long effort to extend micro-credit (small loans for self-employment). Grameen Bank, his creation, now makes small loans to seven million families in Bangladesh, and has helped almost half of them work their
http://www.weforum.org/openforum/ 26.01.2008
Open Forum - Do We Need Economic Growth for Greater Sustainability
Do We Need Economic Growth for Greater Sustainability?
There are opposing views on whether economic growth can lead to increased levels of ecological and social sustainability. Its promoters argue that economic growth is needed to apply new technologies and sophisticated products which, in turn, lead to a more economic use of natural resources, more environmental protection and social progress. Ye
Meet Sam Goldman, the ultimate social entrepreneur!
A returned Peace Corps volunteer in Benin who g
