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Microfinance: Keeping the Mission When Non-Profits Become For-Profits

Elisabeth Rhyne | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Microloans, Bancosol, Ipo, Microfinance, Grameen Bank, Unitus, Ngos, Non-Profits, Financial Inclusion, Sks, Business News
Elisabeth Rhyne

Many people committed to social justice have a built-in assumption that nonprofits are inherently more virtuous than for-profit companies. However, for-profit businesses have been the primary engines of wealth creation in the modern world.

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To End Poverty, Put a Criminal in Charge

Suzanne Skees | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jamii Bora, Kibera Celtic, Unitus, World Cup, Nairobi, World News
Suzanne Skees

John the General, Kenya's former king of thugs, may just play in the next World Cup.

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By the People, for the People: Microfinance Offers the "Transformative Vision" Davos is Seeking

Alex Raksin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Microfinance, Social Entrepreneurship, Unitus, Davos, Social Entrepreneur, Davos 2009, Muhammad Yunus, World Economic Forum, World News
Alex Raksin

What began as a philanthropic movement to empower the working poor has evolved into a new class of social entrepreneurs who have shown that capitalism can generate significant returns in every sense of the word.

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One World Is Enough For All Of Us

Brent Kessel | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: The Giving Life, Unitus and the Police, Unitus, Healthy Living News
Brent Kessel

I recently co-hosted a charity fundraiser for Unitus, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing innovative, market-based solution...

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