In this 2001 article J. Gregory Dees explains the meaning of the term Social Entrepreneurship

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Social entrepreneurship can take many forms. Patient capital is one of them. The underlying concept is the same combing entrepreneurial mission with social mission.

Here is a link to a presentation by Jacqueline Novogratz on the use of “patient capital” in Africa

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Between 10,000 and 12,000 of Canada’s non-profits will fall victim to the current economic downturn, warns the head of a Toronto-based think-tank.

That’s one of every five or six of Canada’s approximately 60,000 non-profits, Rick Blickstead told representatives of charities, government and academia at Carleton University last week.

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Researcher finds that teens more successful when access to welfare tight

Vancouver Sun June 5, 2008 - A newly released research study confirms what foster care advocates have been saying for years that keeping children in a family unit rather than placing them on welfare benefits both the child and the community.

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