Extended contents - Alliance Magazine March 2005

NEWS AND CONFERENCES

• Berlin Symposium looks at future of community foundations worldwide 2
• INSP workshop focuses on successful models for philanthropy promotion 4
• First Foundations-World Bank Country Dialogue in Thailand 5
• Spotlight on business in West Africa 6
• McKinsey gives Global Philanthropy Forum nine out of ten 7

ARTICLES

HIV/AIDS in Central Africa: Bridging the gap
Dianna Rienstra on a new report outlining opportunities for donors wanting to invest in the treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS in Francophone Central Africa 08

Social enterprise for a sustainable Asia
Can social enterprise produce sustainable development initiatives and help create sustainable communities in Asia? Maria Lisa Dacanay outlines the findings of a new study that thinks that it can 10

The value of evaluation
Betsy Brill et al explain how participatory evaluation can both assess a project’s impact and build the capacity of the organizations involved 12

FOCUS ON … SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP – ITS PROMISE AND ITS CHALLENGES

The guest editors for this Alliance special feature are:
Pamela Hartigan, Managing Director of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship.
Jeroo Billimoria, social entrepreneur and founder of Childline India and Child Helpline International

Interview (html)
Fazle Hasan Abed on his work with BRAC in Bangladesh 14

Social entrepreneurship: an overview (html)
What is a social entrepreneur and how can the various sectors support them, ask Pamela Hartigan and Jeroo Billimoria 18

Better water for social entrepreneurs?
Participants at the Schwab Summit in November voted on priorities for supporting social entrepreneurship. Caroline Hartnell looks at the results 22

Working to scale up innovation
Sheela Patel on how Mumbai pavement dwellers and their leaders have learned to work with government 24

David and Goliath
Multilateral agencies can’t do everything, says Andrea Coleman. Sometimes a small NGO can provide just what they need – if the difficulties of working together can be ironed out 25

Bringing the heavyweights together
Victoria Hale on how the Institute for OneWorld Health (IOWH) can help large corporations, governments and multilateral organizations work together 27

Where the real power lies
William Drayton analyses the ‘magic’ underlying the success of social entrepreneurs like Rodrigo Baggio 29

Learning in the round
The discussion about education for social entrepreneurs has become very polarized. Rowena Young argues that they need a bit of everything 30

Finding the right successor
Social entrepreneurs are individuals of vision and drive. So what happens when it’s time to move on, Alliance asked Mel Young and Jeroo Billimoria 32

What makes Gram Vikas entrepreneurial?
Joe Madiath and Jayapadma talk about leveraging resources, credibility and impact 34

Learning from mistakes
Mistakes are a natural part of the learning process. Alliance asked a group of social entrepreneurs what they’d learned from mistakes they’d made 35

The growth capital market in the US
Heiner Baumann looks at the US’s developing growth capital market and what is still missing 37

From not-for-profit to ‘social profit’
Celso Grecco on Brazil’s pioneering new Social Stock Exchange 40

Ashoka set for take-off in Western Europe?
Olivier Kayser and Konstanze Frischen on the challenges of introducing the Ashoka concept in three Western European countries 42

PLUS ...

Book reviews 44
News from around the regions 45
Updates from CIVICUS, EFC, Council on Foundations, APPC, WINGS, Grantmakers Without Borders 60
Snapshots on non-profit law and tax worldwide 51

From Alliance, Vol 10, No 1, March 2005

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