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The business of changing the world : how billionaires, tech disrupters, and social entrepreneurs are transforming the global aid industry / Raj Kumar.

By: Kumar, Raj, 1975- [author.]Publisher: Boston : Beacon Press, 2019Description: xiv, 241 pagesContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780807059579; 9780807059708Subject(s): Philanthropists | Humanitarianism | Economic assistance | International relief | Social entrepreneurshipDDC classification: 361.74
Contents:
Prologue : an enduring gift -- Introduction : the end of charity -- The billionaire effect : disruptors with deep pockets -- The demand for results : good evidence is hard to find -- People, not widgets : what do people really need? -- The "pure" social enterprise : products with purpose -- Big business for good : corporates becoming social enterprises -- Aid goes retail : crowdfunding and direct aid -- Open source aid : the case for openness -- Systems thinking : embracing complexity -- Ending extreme poverty : getting to absolute zero by 2030 -- Ushering in a new era : what we can do.
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Book House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey 361.74 KUM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 017856

Prologue : an enduring gift -- Introduction : the end of charity -- The billionaire effect : disruptors with deep pockets -- The demand for results : good evidence is hard to find -- People, not widgets : what do people really need? -- The "pure" social enterprise : products with purpose -- Big business for good : corporates becoming social enterprises -- Aid goes retail : crowdfunding and direct aid -- Open source aid : the case for openness -- Systems thinking : embracing complexity -- Ending extreme poverty : getting to absolute zero by 2030 -- Ushering in a new era : what we can do.

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