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How the Other Half Dies

ofound1q — Sat, 03 Feb 2018 09:18:17 +0000

by Susan George George examines and disputes two popular ideas: first, that there is not enough food, and second, that the world is over-populated. She argues that the planet could easily feed its present population and many more.

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Microfranchising: How Social Entrepreneurs are Building a New Road to Development

ofound1q — Sat, 03 Feb 2018 09:16:46 +0000

by Nick Sireau It is increasingly clear that 50 years of international development have done little to reduce poverty in Africa. Indeed, more and more academics and practitioners are highlighting the detrimental effect of traditional development – as carried out by international agencies and NGOs – which often leads to dependency, inefficiency, waste and poor…

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Microfinance and Beyond: Introducing Microfranchising and Social Businesses

ofound1q — Sat, 03 Feb 2018 09:12:54 +0000

by Naoko Felder-Kuzu An introduction to microfinance, microfranchising and social businesses.

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MicroFranchising: Creating Wealth at the Bottom of the Pyramid

ofound1q — Sat, 03 Feb 2018 09:10:47 +0000

by Jason S. Fairbourne, Stephen W. Gibson, W. Gibb Dyer This book is a must read for business scholars and economists, practitioners and lenders, members of NGOs dedicated to poverty alleviation and anyone else who is interested in learning about an innovative, business focused tool to alleviate poverty.

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Recomended articles

ofound1q — Sat, 03 Feb 2018 07:59:57 +0000

Brautigum, D., Expert Group on Development Issues (2000). Aid Dependency and Governance. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell International

Daly, H. E. (2005). Economics in a full world. Scientific American, 293(3), 100-107

Dione, J. (2008). Sustainable Development Report on Africa: Managing Land-Based Resources for Sustainable Development. Economic Commission for Africa.

Feigenberg, B., Field, E. M., Pande, R. (2011). Building Social Capital Through MicroFinance. NBER Working Paper No. 16018. Retrieved 10 March 2011.

Galtung, J. (1971). Structural theory of imperialism. Journal of Peace Research, 8(2), 81-11

Gonzales, A. (2010). Is Microfinance Growing Too Fast? Microfinance Information Exchange.

Gordon, R. E., & Sylvester, J. H. (2004). Part II. Constructing Development in Practice (pp. 22- 48). In Deconstructing Development. Wisconsin International Law Journal, 22(1), 1-98

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