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The What and Why of Social Enterpise: The Canadian Social Enterprise Guide 2nd Edition- Chapter 1

This first chapter from The Canadian Social Enterprise Guide 2nd Edition describes: the growth of social enterprise in Canada; how social enterprise is contributing to healthy and sustainable communities; our definition of “social ...

(research/study, text, 2010)

The Four Lenses Strategic Framework: Toward an Integrated Social Enterprise Methodology

This paper aims to move beyond stories and definitions by presenting practitioners with a conceptual framework—as rudimentary as it may be in its first version—to inform and inspire new thinking about social enterprise performance and impart strategy and ...

(research/study, text, 2009)

On the Ground with Comprehensive Community Initiatives

This publication summarizes the major programs of the 10 initiatives studied in the area of neighborhood revitalization. It discusses program issues including sources and amounts of funding as well as positive individual and neighborhood impacts. This ...

(case/model, text, 2000)

Guide to Finance for Social Entreprises in South Africa

This guide is designed to take South African social entrepreneurs through the entire process of financing their business, starting with identifying their needs and ending with how to ensure that they are met in the cheapest and most sustainable way. ...

(toolkit/manual, text, 2011)

AA1000 Stakeholder Engagement Standard

The AA1000 Stakeholder Engagement Standard provides a principles-based, open source framework for quality stakeholder engagement. It offers a robust basis for designing, implementing, evaluating and assuring the quality of stakeholder engagement, and is ...

(tips/guidelines, text, 2011)

Run on Renewable: Beyond Profit E-Magazine Issue 11

Issue 11 of Beyond Profit Magazine features a number of articles on Renewable Energy, including case studies. ...

(essay/opinion, text, 2011)

Focus on Africa: Beyond Profit E-Magazine Issue 10

This 10th issue of Beyond Profit magazine focuses on social entrepreneurship in Africa, including case studies and strategies. ...

(essay/opinion, text, 2011)

In The SocEnt Classroom: Beyond Profit E-Magazine Issue 9

This 9th Issue of Beyond Profit Magazine talks about the pedagogy of social entrepreneurship. ...

(essay/opinion, text, 2011)

Raise the Roof: Beyond Profit E-Magazine Issue 8

This 8th issue of Beyond Profit Magainze takes on social enterprise in the areas of urbanization, population and housing. ...

(essay/opinion, text, 2011)

Report on the Challenges Faced by Women in Civil Society in Africa

Over the last few decades there have been renewed calls from civil society activists and the international community to protect Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) and uphold the irrights across the African continent in accordance with myriad ...

(research/study, text, 2011)

Focus UNFPA: Four Recommendations for Action (The CGD Working Group on UNFPA’s Leadership Transition)

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) was established in 1969 to generate resources for family planning and provide global leadership on population issues. Since then, the diverse needs of countries and evolving global views of population have placed ...

(essay/opinion, text, 2011)

Growing Business or Development Priority? Multilateral Development Banks' Direct Support to Private Firms

Direct support to private firms in developing countries constitutes a large and growing share of multilateral development banks’ financial activities. This trend contrasts with the advice MDBs gave developing countries until a decade ago to privatize or ...

(text, 2011)

TEMASOL: Providing Energy Access to Remote Rural Households in Morocco

In Morocco, despite the government’s efforts to expand its grid-based coverage, about 9% of the rural population could not be cost-effectively connected. Given that Morocco enjoys 3,000 hours of sun per year, solar energy was therefore thought to be a ...

(case/model, text, 2011)

PPKT: Working With The Community To Grow The Business

Due to the abundance and ubiquity of coconut trees and plantations in Indonesia, there are potentially enormous social and commercial benefits that can be gained from integrating local communities in the production of high value coconut-based products. ...

(case/model, text, 2011)

Olam Nigeria Limited: Insight into Innovative Business for Profit Maximization, Employment Generation and Development of the Farm Sector

Olam Nigeria Limited, as the country arm of Olam International Limited, is a supplier of raw and processed agricultural commodities. The company’s business portfolio cuts across the total product supply chain from procurement of farm products to ...

(case/model, text, 2011)

Pot-in-pot Enterprise: Fridge for the Poor

Mobah Rural Horizons, producer of the pot-in-pot products which is widely termed as the ‘fridge for the poor’ is based in Kano, Nigeria. The region lies in the desert scrubland and is inhabited mainly by poor subsistence farmers living under the influence ...

(case/model, text, 2011)

Kheir Zaman: A New Player in Food Retail

This is a study of an Egyptian company which is contributing to the development of retail trade among low-income people. In the process of giving them better purchasing opportunities it is also developing the capabilities of informal suppliers to be ...

(case/model, text, 2011)

Kenya Agricultural Commodity Exchange (KACE): Linking Small-Scale Farmers to National and Regional Markets

Kenya Agricultural Commodity Exchange (KACE) is a Kenyan micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) that provides a forum through which small-scale farmers can access mainstream markets for agricultural commodities. Kenya has three main commodity exchanges: ...

(case/model, text, 2011)

Best Bits — Leadership in Social Enterprise: A Round up of Our Experts Advise and Experience from Last Week's Q&A

Richard Dickins, director, Make it Happen: Away from the more traditional skills that include strategy and operational planning and development, I would suggest ethics is important. Ethical decision making and understanding your own organisations value to ...

(essay/opinion, text, 2011)

Best Bits - Non Financial Advise for Social Enterprise: A Round up of All the Best Bits of Advice from Our Expert Panel

Dan Lehner, UnLtd Ventures: The most interesting question for me in the 'non-financial support' space is not 'what's out there' but how do we co-ordinate what's out there - for the good of the wider sector. There's a ...

(essay/opinion, text, 2011)