Category Archives: Development

Legitimacy of G20: Self-appointed for the sake of G172?

Last week the leaders of the G20 met in Seoul for the G20 Summit. For many, the ‘Group of 20′ (G20) is a largely self-appointed and barely legitimate body with no authority to assume its current role. Is this a … Continue reading

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Africa- A Difficult Place to Do Business

Extreme poverty and business development strangely enough go hand-in-hand. Effective business development can help to replace the burden on aid, but it is by no means a silver bullet. Writing in the Financial Times, Michael Keating last week provided a … Continue reading

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The Double Bottom Line

Check out this video circulating about social enterprise with a case study of D.Light Design. Well articulated and presented. Social Alchemy is a social business, also known as a social enterprise. But what is in a name? All too easy … Continue reading

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Hans Rosling provides proof! The seemingly impossible is possible.

Now and again you come across one of those people who somehow makes the complex simple, and in doing so can turn our assumptions on their head. Hans Rosling, hailing from Sweden makes an interesting twist to how we might … Continue reading

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