Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism

Cover......Page 1
Title page......Page 7
Copyright page......Page 8
Dedication......Page 9
Contents......Page 11
Prologue: Starting With A Handshake......Page 15
Photos......Page 25
Part I:  The Promise Of Social Business......Page 33
1  A New Kind of Business......Page 35
Is Government the Answer?......Page 38
The Contribution of Nonprofit Organizations......Page 41
Multilateral Institutions—The Development Elite......Page 43
Corporate Social Responsibility......Page 47
Capitalism Is a Half-Developed Structure......Page 50
Note......Page 51
2  Social Business: What It Is and What It Is Not......Page 53
Social Business Profits Stay within the Business......Page 55
Broadening the Landscape of Business......Page 57
Two Kinds of Social Businesses......Page 60
The Difference between Social Business and Social Entrepreneurship......Page 63
What about a \"Hybrid\"?......Page 64
Past Attempts to Combine Social Goals with Traditional Business......Page 66
Where Will Social Businesses Come From?......Page 69
Human Beings Are Multi-Dimensional......Page 71
Part II:  The Grameen Experiment......Page 73
3  The Microcredit Revolution......Page 75
The Birth of a \"Banker to the Poor\"......Page 76
A Shift in Thinking......Page 81
More Economic Blind Spots......Page 84
The Evolution of Grameen Bank......Page 88
The Evolving Grameen System......Page 92
From Grameen I to Grameen II: A More Flexible, Responsive System......Page 96
Microcredit around the World......Page 98
The Return of the Moneylenders......Page 100
Problems with Funding Microcredit......Page 102
Mainstream Banks and Microcredit......Page 106
Note......Page 107
4  From Microcredit to Social Business......Page 109
The Grameen Family of Companies......Page 110
Spreading the Word about Microcredit: Grameen Trust......Page 114
Revitalizing an Age-Old Craft: Grameen Uddog and Grameen Shamogree......Page 116
Promoting Entrepreneurship: Grameen Fund and Grameen Byabosa Bikash......Page 117
Improving Rural Livelihoods: Grameen Fisheries and Livestock......Page 119
Opening Opportunities for Young Minds: Grameen Shikkha......Page 121
Linking Every Village to the World: Grameen Telecom and Grameen Phone......Page 123
Renewable Energy for Rural Bangladesh: Grameen Shakti......Page 126
Bringing Health Care to the Poor: Grameen Kalyan and Grameen Health Care Services......Page 128
Social Business: A New Economic Frontier......Page 132
5  The Battle against Poverty: Bangladesh and Beyond......Page 135
Poverty Programs That Work......Page 141
Credit Comes First......Page 145
Charity Is Not Always the Answer......Page 147
Bangladesh and the Developed World......Page 148
Toward Regional Peace and Prosperity......Page 151
Bangladesh and Its Giant Neighbors......Page 155
Bangladesh\'s Strategic Location......Page 156
The Mega-Port Can Be a Social Business......Page 157
6  God Is in the Details......Page 161
The First Planning Meeting......Page 162
Fortified Yogurt for Children......Page 164
In Search of Answers......Page 167
A New Venture Takes Shape......Page 169
New Ways of Thinking: In Production and Distribution......Page 171
Finding the Winning Formula......Page 173
The Official Launch......Page 176
7  One Cup of Yogurt at a Time......Page 181
A Sports Super-Hero Kick-Starts the Business......Page 184
A Win for the Company, a Win for the Poor......Page 188
Edible Cups?......Page 191
Bringing Meaning to Business Life......Page 193
Part III:  A World Without Poverty......Page 195
8  Broadening the Marketplace......Page 197
Who Will Invest in Social Business?......Page 199
Financing Grameen Danone......Page 201
New Yardsticks for Evaluating Business......Page 206
Tax and Regulatory Issues......Page 209
Social Business and a World Transformed......Page 213
More Than a Fantasy......Page 216
9  Information Technology, Globalization, and a Transformed World......Page 219
The Power of IT to Help the Poor......Page 221
Tailoring Technology to the Needs of the Poor......Page 225
Social Business and the IT Revolution......Page 228
The IT Revolution and Democracy......Page 231
10  Hazards of Prosperity......Page 235
Economic Inequality and the Struggle over Global Resources......Page 237
Spreading the Wealth and the Growth Dilemma......Page 239
The Logic of Uncontrolled Growth......Page 242
How Much Consumption?......Page 243
Making Space for a New Set of Voices......Page 245
Solving the Growth Dilemma......Page 248
Notes......Page 253
11  Putting Poverty in Museums......Page 255
A Better World Starts with Imagination......Page 256
Practical Steps toward the Dream-World of the Future......Page 260
New Frontiers for Foundations......Page 262
An End to Poverty......Page 263
Epilogue: \"Poverty Is a Threat to Peace\"—The Nobel Prize Lecture......Page 267
Poverty Is Denial of All Human Rights......Page 270
Grameen Bank......Page 271
Second Generation......Page 272
Information Technology for the Poor......Page 273
Free Market Economy......Page 274
Grameen\'s Social Business......Page 276
Role of Social Businesses in Globalization......Page 277
We Can Put Poverty in the Museums......Page 278
For Further Information......Page 281
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F......Page 285
G......Page 286
I......Page 288
M......Page 289
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Z......Page 293
About the Author......Page 295
About the Publisher......Page 297