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- December 2008 (Revised October 2009)
- Case
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
By: David E. Bell and Brian Matthew Milder
In 2006, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation joined together to form a new organization, AGRA, to tackle the historic challenge of increasing agricultural production in Africa. Launched with much fanfare and led by former U.N.... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Investment Funds; Food; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Business and Government Relations; Non-Governmental Organizations; Poverty; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Africa
Bell, David E., and Brian Matthew Milder. "Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)." Harvard Business School Case 509-007, December 2008. (Revised October 2009.)
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
John Batcha: Sowing the Seeds to Fight Hunger
idea — to provide quality, low-cost seed and planting expertise to needy communities worldwide — was even viable. He need not have worried. Today SPI supports dozens of organizations in more than forty countries where poverty is a major... View Details
- 19 Jun 2013
- News
Your Guide to Social Enterprise
with that organization. She spent two years there, before becoming a consultant to the Fund and then to a number of other nonprofit organizations. During that time, Keohane also began a seminar at Yale on poverty and anti-poverty policy.... View Details
- Web
Business Solutions for the Poor (Global and Local) - Course Catalog
businesses and nonprofits in serving the poor. The course will attempt to address both U.S. as well as global poverty and examine the multiple ways in which business approaches could and should participate in serving the poor. Throughout... View Details
- April 12, 2024
- Editorial
A New Paradigm for Family Giving
Wing, Christina R. "A New Paradigm for Family Giving." Crain Currency (April 12, 2024).
- Article
(Mis)perceptions of Inequality
By: Oliver P. Hauser and Michael I. Norton
Inequality is arguably the defining societal issue of the 21st century. The debate over “who gets what’ underlies policy debates ranging from taxation to health care to wages and permeates society at all levels, attracting increasing interest from policymakers,... View Details
Hauser, Oliver P., and Michael I. Norton. "(Mis)perceptions of Inequality." Special Issue on Inequality and Social Class. Current Opinion in Psychology 18 (December 2017): 21–25.
- 22 Sep 2014
- News
Why We Should Teach Entrepreneurship to Disadvantaged Students
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Robert Goodwin
Borders, and Goodwin led a group of his classmates to make the dream a reality. Why did you decide to become the CEO of Executives Without Borders? In my time overseas, I witnessed extreme poverty but saw few working on solutions that... View Details
- 15 Mar 2019
- News
JP Morgan Chase Opens New Office in Dublin
- Article
Putting Patients First: Social Marketing Strategies for Treating HIV in Developing Nations
By: Zoe Chance and Rohit Deshpandé
It is more than mere coincidence that the highest rates of HIV occur in the world's poorest countries. Of the over 40 million people currently living with HIV, 95 percent are in the developing world. The first part of this paper explores the economics of HIV and... View Details
Keywords: Health Disorders; Developing Countries and Economies; Poverty; Health Care and Treatment; Social Marketing; Perspective; Customer Focus and Relationships; Profit; Africa; Asia; South America
Chance, Zoe, and Rohit Deshpandé. "Putting Patients First: Social Marketing Strategies for Treating HIV in Developing Nations." Special Issue on Metric and Interpretive Explorations of Macromarketing. Journal of Macromarketing 29, no. 3 (September 2009).
- June 2017
- Case
Guillermo Jaime—An Endeavor Entrepreneur
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Sarah Mehta and Aldo Sesia
Guillermo Jaime was the founder and CEO of Mejoramiento Integral Asistido (MIA), a for-profit company providing affordable housing to low-income Mexicans living at the base of the pyramid (BOP). This case tells the story of Jaime and Endeavor, a nonprofit dedicated to... View Details
Keywords: Base Of The Pyramid; Social Capitalism; Housing; Emerging Markets; Social Enterprise; Society; Wealth and Poverty; Social Entrepreneurship; Construction Industry; Mexico
Applegate, Lynda M., Sarah Mehta, and Aldo Sesia. "Guillermo Jaime—An Endeavor Entrepreneur." Harvard Business School Case 817-084, June 2017.
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Beantown as a Beacon
replicated elsewhere. Here are a few Boston-born ideas highlighted by the event's panelists that appear ready for export. TWO BIRDS, ONE JOB Attacking poverty and a national labor shortage While serving as a Big Brother, Internet... View Details
- 16 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018
with a company and its products. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53707 January–February 2018 Harvard Business Review Inclusive Growth: Profitable Strategies for Tackling Poverty and Inequality By: Kaplan,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Healthy Profit
(formerly known as Project Antares), a collaboration between HBS and HSPH that intends to use business and markets to break the perverse synergy between poverty and poor health. Says HSPH professor and Antares cofounder David Bloom, an... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Rwanda Provides Students with Hands-On Learning
Africa, an arts and handicrafts cooperative that empowers women to rise out of poverty by selling their own crafts. Another team created a syllabus for teaching entrepreneurship for Mission Schools International, an organization founded... View Details
- 2011
- Chapter
El Sector Privado y las Responsabilidades Públicas: El Rol de las Soluciones Comerciales en la Temática Social
By: Michael Chu
In today's world, certain goods and services are considered so basic that, regardless of culture, they are accepted as public responsibilities. However, for the low-income populations in developing countries, which constitute the majority of the world, access to these... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Developing Countries and Economies; Private Sector; Public Sector; Management Practices and Processes; Human Needs; Poverty; Commercialization
Chu, Michael. "El Sector Privado y las Responsabilidades Públicas: El Rol de las Soluciones Comerciales en la Temática Social." Chap. 1 in Negocios inclusivos y empleo en la base de la piramide. Estudios Internacionales. Madrid: Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2011, Spanish ed.
- Profile
Michael Son
classes on making change at the community level; on the causes of poverty and how to address them." But in his senior year, the promise of a "free week's vacation" gave him entrée to his first real-world business... View Details
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
relational aspects of blue-collar work are dwindling. How can positive communities among workers be enhanced while work becomes progressively more asocial? My Policies or Yours: Do OECD Agricultural Policies Affect Poverty in Developing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Rakhi Mehra
summer internship with Dr. Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University, "to look at innovative, sustainable ways to reduce poverty and meet the United Nations Millennium Development Goals for 2015." A subsequent direct meeting with... View Details
- 02 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping
Gareth Olds grew up toeing the poverty line. For years his parents struggled to support three children in Anchorage, Alaska, where food costs run high. His stepfather held down a steady but low-paying job as a dental assistant, and his... View Details