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  Feature: Social enterprise

  Feature: Social enterprise

  Lighting the path of profitability for base-of-the-pyramid enterprises

  18 Oct 2013

  For-profit social enterprises, sometimes called ‘hybrid’ organizations, are touted as a sustainable way to solve global problems, but surprisingly few have reached profitability. Devex Impact correspondent Amanda Gibson shares the hard-won lessons of social enterprises as they search for their fortunes at the bottom of the pyramid.

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  Business insights: Social enterprise

  Business insights: Social enterprise

  Research finds rising numbers of 'hybrid organizations' across sectors

  24 Jun 2013

  Social enterprises that aim to finance their operations through revenue-generation are spreading into new sectors, according to a study of Echoing Green applications. Devex Impact talks with Julie Battilana of Harvard Business school about these ‘hybrid organizations’ and the challenges they face.

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  News: Aid Policy

  News: Aid Policy

  DCED report calls for better measurement of partnerships

  19 Apr 2013

  In a recent working paper, the Donor Committee for Enterprise Development points to a core deficiency in many public-private partnerships and provides practical recommendations for improvement. Devex Impact reports.

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  News: Aid Policy

  News: Aid Policy

  CSIS report: Refocus aid on private sector

  4 Mar 2013

  A new document from the Center for Strategic and International Studies calls on U.S. foreign aid policy to radically reorient itself around the private sector and economic growth. Devex Impact reports.

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  Research Review

  Research Review

  Will government agencies let business take lead?

  7 Jan 2013

  A recent paper from the Initiative for Global Development says the most effective public-private partnerships happen when donors set the development agenda. Are government agencies and corporations ready for a paradigm flip? Devex Impact reports.

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