SOCIAL ENTERPRISE NEWS AND DISCUSSION

The World Bank’s 2013 India Development Marketplace (DM) grant program is now open for applications.

 The Garden of Hope is a foundation focused on helping women recover from sexual abuse, human trafficking, and domestic violence.

As the Make a Difference (MaD) forum came to an end last weekend in Hong Kong, three winners have been selected as part of the MaD Venture Fellows Programme.

If there’s a universal characteristic of healthcare, it seems to be that the world over is dissatisfied.

The International Finance Corporation invests in Myanmar and Wenzhou, China explores market-based interest rates.

The Hope Institute is a think and do tank promoting social innovation in South Korea.  Through its partner network, it develops policies and programs based on its experience implementing grassroots solutions to social problems.

Economic reform in China began over 30 years ago.  During these years of transition, the world has witnessed the country rise through rapid economic development, yet it now stands at another crossroad.

Korean steel conglomerate POSCO announced today that it has merged POSWITH and POSecohousing, two of its social enterprises established to create jobs for the vulnerable, to form POSCO Humans.

Robust public health data offers social innovators a myriad of potential opportunities, and Taiwan is sitting on a data goldmine.

Drishti, a social enterprise founded in 2011 that provides eye care to underserved populations, announced today that it raised its first round of funding from Lok Capital, one of India’s largest impact investment funds serving the bottom of the pyramid.