We have had the impressive spontaneous outpouring of generosity in response to the crisis in Haiti and the fine words about building back the small Caribbean nation better than it was before. The question now is ‘how’? That is going to be one of the hot topics for the leading brains of government, business and […]
Jeff Skoll has had perhaps the greatest impact so far of the generation of philanthrocapitalists that emerged from the internet era. As we write in the book, Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay, who hired Skoll as the website’s first ceo, has struggled to find an effective strategy for his philanthropy, Omidyar Networks (although things […]
Capitalism is something of a dirty word at the moment, so the launch on March 24th of a new initiative to attract finance for capital-starved entrepreneurs in the developing world is a timely reminder that jobs and economic growth are the most powerful levers in ending poverty. The Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) wants to create a […]