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When It Comes to Promoting Prosperity, Production Beats Consumption

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Between 2016 and 2019 , nearly half of global giving by US foundations went to health, while environment and human rights accounted for roughly 11 percent each, followed by agriculture and education. Or they may have particular interest or attachment to certain social causes. The empirical record is clear.

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How Policy Is Building a Social Economy in South Korea

NonProfit Quarterly

Today, it has the tenth-largest gross domestic product in the world. Today, Korea’s social and solidarity economy is increasingly mature—with a system of national legislation supporting four types of solidarity economy enterprises: self-sufficiency enterprises, social enterprises, village community enterprises, and cooperatives.

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Not Invented, But Scaled Here

Stanford Social Innovation Review

On one hand, social enterprises and other small innovative organizations can be an engine for conceptualizing, designing, testing, and validating new solutions to old problems. After introducing reading glasses to the product mix, the 33 percent margin on glasses significantly increased the margin on the Live Well basket of goods.

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In Search of Inclusive Social Entrepreneurship

Stanford Social Innovation Review

After some years, DJ Bola found out about the Artemisia accelerator program, the first social enterprise accelerator in Brazil. DJ Bola could fully realize the potential of his venture and started to attend events and form connections within the social entrepreneurship ecosystem.

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Building Community Governance for AI

Stanford Social Innovation Review

We need: Strong regulatory environment: Public oversight across the globe is necessary, as are policies that strategically address issues like workforce reskilling, education, rights to data, data accessibility and privacy, responsible AI adoption, fraud, abuse, and discrimination.

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The Invisible Rural Access Barrier

Stanford Social Innovation Review

This isolation severely limits access to health care, education, nutritious and plentiful food, and economic opportunity. This lack of rural access (RA) particularly impacts young girls and women living in poverty, who are often left behind when it comes to education, health-care services, and opportunities to generate income.