The Business of Changing the World: How Billionaires, Tech Disrupters, and Social Entrepreneurs Are Transforming the Global Aid Industry Audiobook (Free)
- Adam Vikas
- Beacon Press
- 2019-04-30
Summary:
The brand new world of results-driven aid that could put an end to extreme poverty
Sketching on 2 decades covering global development as editor in main of Devex, Raj Kumar explores how non-traditional models of philanthropy and aid are empowering the world’s poorest people to help to make progress. Old help was powered by good motives and relied on big-budget tasks from a few government aid agencies, just like the Globe Lender and USAID. Today, companies, Silicon Valley start-ups, and billionaire about The Business of Changing the World: How Billionaires, Technology Disrupters, and Sociable Entrepreneurs Are Transforming the Global Aid Industry philanthropists certainly are a disrupting force pushing global aid to be data driven and results oriented. This $200 billion market includes rising and founded foundations like the Chan Zuckerberg Effort and the Costs and Melinda Gates Basis. Entrepreneurial startups like Hello Tractor, that provides an Uber-like app for farmers in Nigeria, and Give Directly, whose app allows individuals to send out money straight to the telephone of someone in need, are also giving rise to this new culture of charity. The effect is a more sustainable philosophy of help that elevates the voices from the world’s poor as neighbors, partners, and customers.
Refreshing and accessibly written, THE BUSINESS ENTERPRISE of Changing the World models forth a bold vision for how exactly we may use our vote, our tone of voice, and our wallet to turn well-intentioned charity into effective advocacy to transform the world once and for all. Businesspeople, policymakers, business owners, nonprofit professionals, philanthropists, and help workers all over the world will all end up being inspired by this change.
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