December 2008 - Social ROI: Stories About Social Entrepreneurship

StopPovertyNow.org , a Grameen Foundation initiative to spread awareness of global poverty and bring and end to this global epidemic

From reader Sarah: Please join this effort by sharing this StopPovertyNow.org movement with your readers. Consider: â–º One billion people live on less than $1 a day â–º One-in-five people live without adequate water or food â–º 26,000 children die each day from preventable causes You will join a worldwide movement to Stop Poverty Now.… Continue reading StopPovertyNow.org , a Grameen Foundation initiative to spread awareness of global poverty and bring and end to this global epidemic

Unintended Consequences: Malaria Nets Used For Fishing

Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) are a simple, cost-effective way to fight malaria and are distributed to pregnant women and children in Kenya, often for free. But when Noboru Minakawa of the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Nagasaki, Japan, and colleagues surveyed villages along Lake Victoria, they found people were using the nets for fishing or drying… Continue reading Unintended Consequences: Malaria Nets Used For Fishing

Favorite Charities Of Economists

If readers want to donate for nets, one good organization I have supported in the past is here. TamTam provides nets free at clinics. Personally I think this approach makes sense because charging dramatically reduces use, free distribution can help encourage mothers to come to antenatal clinics, and, like vaccines, insecticide treated nets can help… Continue reading Favorite Charities Of Economists

“How Businesses Can Develop Trust on a Global Scale Through Corporate Service”

How Businesses Can Develop Trust on a Global Scale Through Corporate Service (Technology + Entrepreneurship) ^ Corporate Service = Î” Social Impact Today, the Internet has made global flows of information, capital and innovation possible as never before. How do we use technologies, economies, entrepreneurship and corporate service to make organizations smarter and build trust… Continue reading “How Businesses Can Develop Trust on a Global Scale Through Corporate Service”