The business of changing the world : how billionaires, tech disruptors, and social entrepreneurs are...
The business of changing the world : how billionaires, tech disruptors, and social entrepreneurs are...
The business of changing the world : how billionaires, tech disruptors, and social entrepreneurs are transforming the global aid industry / Raj Kumar, Cofounder of devex.
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Boston : Beacon Press, [2019]
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G 2020/1854
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English
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xiv, 241 pages ; 24 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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...
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Boston : Beacon Press, [2019]
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
[2019]
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"Drawing on 2 decades covering global development as editor in chief of Devex, Raj Kumar explores how nontraditional models of philanthropy and aid are empowering the world's poorest people to make progress. Old aid was driven by good intentions and relied on big-budget projects from a few government aid agencies, like the World Bank and USAID. Tod...
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The business of changing the world : how billionaires, tech disruptors, and social entrepreneurs are transforming the global aid industry / Raj Kumar, Cofounder of devex.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-229) and index.
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©2019
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G 2020/1854
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74VKaDEDwPBA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaDEDwPBA
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ISBN
9780807059579
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361.74
MMS ID
991024298711702626
