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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Ashoka
is a global network of social entrepreneurs. Since its creation 27 years
ago, it has invested in over 2,000 social entrepreneurs in 62 countries
through a “social venture capital” approach as a way to address major
social challenges with systemic responses. Ashoka Fellows are selected
for their innovative and practical solutions to social needs. Based on
these innovations, Ashoka’s Full Economic Citizenship initiative focuses
on spreading successful solutions for low-income populations –
harnessing the potential of commercially sustainable business-social
partnerships (“Hybrid Value Chains”) to reach significant impact.
www.ashoka.org.
Judy
Baker
is a Lead Economist in the Urban Development Unit of the Sustainable
Development Network at the World Bank. Her book, Evaluating the
Impact of Development Projects on the Poverty, was published in
2000.
Susan Blaustein
is
Co-Director of the Millennium Cities Initiative, The Earth Institute at
Columbia University,
and a member of the
Advisory Board of Global Urban Development.
She has reported on conflict, politics, and economics from the Balkans
and Southeast Asia for such publications as The New Yorker, Harper’s,
The Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times.
Valeria Budinich
is Chief
Entrepreneur and Leadership Group Member at Ashoka.
She launched the Full Economic Citizenship initiative (FEC)
in 2003 after having worked for 20 years in the creation of business
development programs in 22 countries. Prior to Ashoka, she was the COO
at Appropriate Technology International, a founding Vice-President for
Latin America at Endeavor, and VP for New Initiatives at BDA, a
California-based consulting firm specializing in business process
redesign and technology innovations for private sector clients
worldwide.
Bill Drayton
is CEO and Founder of Ashoka. He is also chair of Youth Venture,
Community Greens, and Get America Working! Formerly he served as
Assistant Administrator at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He
was selected as a MacArthur Fellow in 1984, and in 2005, he was
designated as one of “America's Best Leaders” by US News & World
Report and the Harvard University Center for Public Leadership.
Bruce Ferguson
is a consultant and former Senior Housing and Urban Economist at the
World Bank, and a member of the Advisory Board of Global Urban
Development. He previously served as an Urban Development and Housing
Project Officer at the Inter-American Development Bank, and
has published widely on housing and
urban development in developing countries and the U.S.
Roberto Gutiérrez
is an Associate Professor and directs the Program on Social Initiatives
in the School of Management at the University of the Andes (Universidad
de los Andes), Colombia.
His article is based on research carried on with his colleagues Diana
Trujillo, Luz Elena Orozco, and Marcus Thiell, and could not have
happened without the collaboration of community leaders and
Colceramica’s employees. Copyright 2008.
Allen Hammond
is a member of
Ashoka’s Leadership Group and Full Economic Citizenship initiative.
Recently he was Vice President for Innovation and Special Projects at
the World Resources Institute. His article is an excerpt from The
Next 4 Billion: Market Size and Business Strategy at the Base of the
Pyramid, the World Resources Institute and International Finance
Corporation, 2007. Reprinted with permission from the World Resources
Institute.
Rob Katz
is a Knowledge &
Communications Associate with Acumen Fund, and previously he was an
Associate with the Markets and Enterprise Program of the World Resources
Institute. His article is an excerpt from The Next 4 Billion: Market
Size and Business Strategy at the Base of the Pyramid, the World
Resources Institute and International Finance Corporation, 2007.
Reprinted with permission from the World Resources Institute.
William J. Kramer
is founder
and president of The Global Challenge Network, and previously was
Director of Education and Training for the Markets & Enterprise Program
at the World Resources Institute. His article is an excerpt from The
Next 4 Billion: Market Size and Business Strategy at the Base of the
Pyramid, the World Resources Institute and International Finance
Corporation, 2007. Reprinted with permission from the World Resources
Institute.
Inês Magalhães
is
the National Housing Secretary, Brazilian Ministry of Cities.
James Magowan
is a Managing Director and co-founder of Housing MicroFinance, LLC (HMF),
a company dedicated to developing housing markets in emerging less
developed countries, and is also the Chief Investment Officer of Global
Microfinance Group SA (GMG), a Swiss holding company that builds
financial services for micro and small and medium enterprises in
emerging markets.
Kimberly McClain
is a program manager at the Washington, DC-based NGO Pact, where she
coordinates projects in Sudan, Ethiopia, and Myanmar in the areas of
potable water, non-formal education, HIV, and livelihoods.
Diana Mitlin
is Senior Researcher, Human Settlements, at the International Institute
for Environment and Development in London, UK.
Her
article is a summary of key issues arising from two special issues of
the journal Environment and Urbanization published in October
2007 and April 2008, and was also published as an Environment and
Urbanization Brief in June 2008.
Copyright 2007 by the
International Institute for Environment and Development.
Inez Murray
is Vice President
for Technical Assistance and Programs at Women’s World Banking. Her
article is excerpted from WWB GENDER STUDY: The Capacity of Poor
Women to Grow Their Businesses in the Dominican Republic, Copyright
2006, Women’s World Banking (www.swwb.org).
Anaclaudia Rossbach
is an Ashoka
Fellow and founder of Interação (International Network of Community
Action), Brazil.
David Satterthwaite is Senior Fellow,
Human Settlements
at the International
Institute for Environment and Development in London, UK, Editor of the
journal Environment and Urbanization, and a member of the
Advisory Board of Global Urban Development. He recently was awarded the
Volvo Environment Prize. His books include Empowering Squatter
Citizen, Environmental Problems in an Urbanizing World, and The
Earthscan Reader in Sustainable Cities. His article is reprinted
with permission from the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights (www.achr.net),
Bangkok, Thailand. Copyright October 2005.
Stephanie Schmidt
is a
Program Director and Change Leader at Ashoka,
and a member of the Advisory Board of Global Urban Development. She joined
the Full Economic
Citizenship initiative (FEC) in February 2004 bringing experience from
both the business and social sectors to the initiative. Most recently
she managed the FEC Changemakers competitions on market-based strategies
and health as well as the Lafarge project.
Prior to Ashoka, she worked in Rwanda for 2 years where she launched an
Economic Development program to produce and market organic and essential
oils with small farmers, and oversaw World Relief’s development programs
including HIV/AIDS and Child Survival.
Julia Tran
was a Research
Analyst with the Development Through Enterprise project of the World
Resources Institute. Her article is an excerpt from The Next 4
Billion: Market Size and Business Strategy at the Base of the Pyramid,
the World Resources Institute and International Finance Corporation,
2007. Reprinted with permission from the World Resources Institute.
Irene Vance
is Human Settlements Adviser to the Swedish International Development
Cooperation Agency (SIDA) in Central America working on housing
microfinance and urban development programs, as well as SIDA's Adviser
to the CGAP Housing Finance for the Poor Working Group. Previously she
worked for UN Habitat in Bolivia developing holistic livelihoods
approaches through financial and non financial services for housing in
rural and peri-urban communities.
Courtland Walker
was a
Research Assistant with the Development Through Enterprise project of
the World Resources Institute. His article is an excerpt from The
Next 4 Billion: Market Size and Business Strategy at the Base of the
Pyramid, the World Resources Institute and International Finance
Corporation, 2007. Reprinted with permission from the World Resources
Institute.
Muhammad Yunus
is the founder and Managing Director of the Grameen Bank in Dhaka,
Bangladesh, and a member of the Advisory Board of Global Urban
Development. He is the recipient of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize,
together with the Grameen Bank. Dr. Yunus is the author of a
best-selling book,
Banker to the Poor:
Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty.
His article is an excerpt from his new book, Creating A World Without Poverty: Social
Business and the Future of Capitalism. Excerpted by arrangement with PublicAffairs
(www.publicaffairsbooks.com), a member of the Perseus Books Group.
Copyright © 2008.
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