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Guest Post: An Entrepreneur's Thoughts on Market Incentives & Foreign Aid

Mills Scofield

MedInternational was started in 2011 to raise the standard of healthcare in resource-poor regions of the world by sharing and maintaining appropriate hospital technology in these areas, initially Zanzibar, Tanzania. Thoughts on Charity, Foreign Aid and Market Incentives - Tanzania. by Chia Han Sheng on Sunday, August 19, 2012.

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Making Microfinance More Effective

Harvard Business Review

While meeting this challenge is a clear priority for policy makers and donors, it is also a major profit opportunity for commercial players who can solve market failures and create real value. Expanded access to microloans did lead some entrepreneurs to increase business investments , but rarely to increased profits.

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How Social Entrepreneurs Can Have the Most Impact

Harvard Business Review

All to say, the sector is hot, which brings me to the second question: Are social entrepreneurs stoking the right kind of growth? With so many small start-ups, are social entrepreneurs at risk of creating well-intentioned, but fragmented efforts that won’t ultimately change much? million young people out of school and out of work.

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3 Things Driving Entrepreneurial Growth in Africa

Harvard Business Review

Another reason is that investors are myopically infatuated with snazzy technology. In 2014 we described what Western investors want from African entrepreneurs. We recently interviewed 100 entrepreneurs to find out which ventures are most likely to thrive. A realistic approach to making money might strike some as humdrum.