Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism PDF
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Table of Contents Praise Title Page Dedication Starting with a Handshake Creating a World Without Poverty ONE - The Promise of Social Business Chapter 1 - A New Kind of Business Is Government the Answer? The Contribution of Nonprofit Organizations Multilateral Institutions—The Development Elite Corporate Social Responsibility Capitalism Is a Half-Developed Structure Note Chapter 2 - Social Business: What It Is and What It Is Not Social Business Profits Stay within the Business Broadening the Landscape of Business Two Kinds of Social Businesses The Difference between Social Business and Social Entrepreneurship What about a “Hybrid”? Past Attempts to Combine Social Goals with Traditional Business Where Will Social Businesses Come From? Human Beings Are Multi-Dimensional TWO - The Grameen Experiment Chapter 3 - The Microcredit Revolution The Birth of a “Banker to the Poor” A Shift in Thinking More Economic Blind Spots The Evolution of Grameen Bank The Evolving Grameen System Microcredit around the World The Return of the Moneylenders Problems with Funding Microcredit Mainstream Banks and Microcredit Credit: The Vital Foundation Note Chapter 4 - From Microcredit to Social Business Spreading the Word about Microcredit: Grameen Trust Revitalizing an Age-Old Craft: Grameen Uddog and Grameen Shamogree Promoting Entrepreneurship: Grameen Fund and Grameen Byabosa Bikash Improving Rural Livelihoods: Grameen Fisheries and Livestock Opening Opportunities for Young Minds: Grameen Shikkha Linking Every Village to the World: Grameen Telecom and Grameen Phone Renewable Energy for Rural Bangladesh: Grameen Shakti Bringing Health Care to the Poor: Grameen Kalyan and Grameen Health Care Services Social Business: A New Economic Frontier Chapter 5 - The Battle against Poverty: Bangladesh and Beyond Poverty Programs That Work Credit Comes First Charity Is Not Always the Answer Bangladesh and the Developed World Toward Regional Peace and Prosperity Bangladesh and Its Giant Neighbors Bangladesh’s Strategic Location The Mega-Port Can Be a Social Business Chapter 6 - God Is in the Details The First Planning Meeting Fortified Yogurt for Children In Search of Answers A New Venture Takes Shape New Ways of Thinking: In Production and Distribution Finding the Winning Formula The Official Launch Chapter 7 - One Cup of Yogurt at a Time A Sports Super-Hero Kick-Starts the Business A Win for the Company, a Win for the Poor Edible Cups? Bringing Meaning to Business Life THREE - A World Without Poverty Chapter 8 - Broadening the Marketplace Who Will Invest in Social Business? Financing Grameen Danone New Yardsticks for Evaluating Business Tax and Regulatory Issues Social Business and a World Transformed More Than a Fantasy Chapter 9 - Information Technology, Globalization, and a Transformed World The Power of IT to Help the Poor Tailoring Technology to the Needs of the Poor Social Business and the IT Revolution The IT Revolution and Democracy Chapter 10 - Hazards of Prosperity Economic Inequality and the Struggle over Global Resources Spreading the Wealth and the Growth Dilemma The Logic of Uncontrolled Growth How Much Consumption? Making Space for a New Set of Voices Solving the Growth Dilemma Notes Chapter 11 - Putting Poverty in Museums A Better World Starts with Imagination Practical Steps toward the Dream-World of the Future New Frontiers for Foundations An End to Poverty For Further Information Index Copyright Page Praise for Creating a World Without Poverty “In corporate circles, the ‘double bottom line’—reaping profit and doing social good—is all the rage. Muhammad Yunus . . . says we should go further. In Creating a World Without Poverty, he sketches out a new type of company, one that exists only to better people’s lives.” —Barbara Kiviat, Time “[Creating a World Without Poverty] succeeds in imparting the optimism that allows Yunus to keep struggling against the overwhelming forces arrayed against the Bangladeshi poor. By unlocking the potential of the overlooked—poor mothers, uneducated beggars, migrant laborers—he has shown himself to be one of Mohandas Gandhi’s unlikely heirs.” —Austin-American Statesman “Part seer, part George Bailey from ‘It’s a Wonderful Life,’ Mr. Yunus weaves a narrative brimming with promise and common-sense logic.” —David Cotner, Santa Barbara News-Press “In this excellent work of popular economics, he tells the story of how he came to the idea and the impressive results it has generated.” —Winnipeg Free Press “An inspiring volume, full of practical information for people who are motivated to try out his ideas.” —Business Week “[I]n Creating A World Without Poverty, Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad
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