[DDN] Social business & Capitalism

Taran Rampersad cnd at knowprose.com
Fri Jun 29 01:01:28 EDT 2007


Grameen is apparently a government funded project from what I last read.
Cleverly done, but... marketed under a different name.

Deborah Phelan wrote:
> I am researching for an article I am writing for Global Progress and seeking
> some suggesstions on social business enterprises which are relying on a
> capitalist model to alleviate poverty. So far, I have info for   Grameen,
> GAIN, OneWorld, Barefoot College,Equity for Africa, Unilever...  I've found
> some  research on the underlying philosophy behind the idea -- looking at
> Global Issues, WiserEarth, REDF...
>   


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