Under the Direction of Professor J. Gregory Dees, Pathways to Social Impact is a multi-year research project focusing on how social entrepreneurs can most effectively spread their innovations from one community to another. While there has been much talk about "replication" and "scalability" in the social sector in recent years, there has been little systematic, in-depth research to help social entrepreneurs make these decisions. Utilizing in depth case studies and data gathered from interview...read more

Côte d'Ivoire's authorities hope to integrate some 20,000 Liberian children into the education system in the next school year, which starts in October, but first a number of hurdles need to be surmounted, participants in a workshop held to discuss the idea noted. Examining the technical and socio-psychological obstacles facing the proposed project and coming up with ways to ensure its success was the focus of the meeting, held on 7-9 May in the Ivorian capital, Yamoussoukro, 241 km north of A...read more

The decade of the 1990s returned a mixed score card for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). Overall, the LDCs recorded only modest progress, but there were some encouraging experiences in social development and economic integration. The Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries presents an opportunity to review these experiences and agree on strategies to build on lessons learnt to accelerate the fight against poverty. These strategies must be centred on the realizati...read more

The Kellogg Foundation has released an updated version of their e-Philanthropy report, e-Philanthropy v2.001: From Entrepreneurial Adventure to an Online Community.

The promise of serving the huge philanthropy market has fed the rush of entrepreneurs and investors to create new digital products and services. After several years of rapid growth, however, the e-philanthropy industry has begun to experience a shakeout. Most notable has been the demise of Charitableway, which produced a Web-based system for handling workplace giving campaigns.

With the most comprehensive programme in its 54-year history, the World Newspaper Congress, to be held in Hong Kong from 3 to 6 June, will examine a
multitude of major current issues that have a direct impact on newspaper strategies, management and revenues. There is still time to register!

Zambia's political picture this week was dominated by the fall-out from President Frederick Chiluba's announcement on Friday that he would not seek re-election. The decision ended two weeks of political turmoil which deeply divided his ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD).

These Webpages have been created for NGOs who wish to participate in the lead up to the World Conference Against Racism by contributing documents, papers and other material they wish to share. If you send us your material in either English, French or Spanish (in electronic form) we will do our best to post it on these pages.

The Maquila Solidarity Network presents a brand new education/action kit for teachers, students, union members and church group interested in getting involved in campaigns to Stop Sweatshops.

The primary responsibility of this post-holder will be to manage the current livestock project and drive its development through a process of community participation and enhancement of local skills. As a key contributor to the overall strategy and direction of the project, you will provide advice and guidance on social based livestock support and assist in the development of future objectives for the project. Location: South Sudan, Sudan Closing Date : 25 May 2001

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