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This compendium draws together the lessons learnt on the subject of inclusive entrepreneurship during the EQUAL programme, which ran from 2002 until 2007. As a Community Initiative within the European…
An UNRISD Workshop in Collaboration with FES and ILO Recent financial crises have brought to light the social and environmental harm that can be caused by instability in the financial…
Through a social impact bond (SIB), an “impact investor “ provides the program funding for a social program over a period of years (typically 5- 7). If the “service delivery…
Across Canada, community-based organizations are engaging in diverse economic development activities with the goal of building profitable businesses and healthy communities with strong social indicators. They are practicing Community Economic…
How Innovative, Self-Financing “Pollinator” Enterprises Can Grow Jobs and Prosperity Reinventing economic development as if small business mattered In cities and towns across the nation, economic development is at a…
Social enterprises represent an exciting emerging sector – one that creates jobs, attracts investments and helps better our society and environment. The Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure’s (MEDEI)…
In response to the increasingly serious impacts of climate change, people around the world are attempting to wrest control of energy resources from the powerful institutions that are hell-bent on…
Community Investment Funds (CIFs) are locally sourced and controlled pools of capital that are capitalized by individual investors within a specific geography or community. The proceeds of CIFs are directed…
Social Purpose Enterprises: Case Studies for Social Change presents case studies of twelve organizations that operate in a growing niche within the Canadian social economy: market-based entities supported by a…
Survey of Co-operative Capital Report highlights innovative ways of raising capital in co-operatives A new report commissioned by the International Co-operative Alliance examines all the debt and equity instruments used…
The Community Futures Program (CFP) is a program that supports communities in their efforts to take charge of the economic development of their area. To achieve the objectives of this…
As economic crises, growing inequality and climate change prompt a global debate on the meaning and trajectory of development, increasing attention is focusing on ‘social and solidarity economy’ as a…
