David Bornstein Bücher

Veronica Khosa baute ein neues Modell häuslicher Pflege für AIDS-Patienten in Südafrika auf und hat damit Politik gemacht. Fábio Rosa brachte Elektrizität zu vielen hunderttausend mittellosen Brasilianern in entlegenen ländlichen Gebieten. Jacob Schramm ermöglicht es Tausenden US-amerikanischen Kindern aus bildungsfernen Schichten, eine Universität zu besuchen. Bill Drayton gründete Ashoka, eine Organisation, die mehr als 1000 andere Social Entrepreneurs dabei unterstützte, ihre Ideen voranzutreiben.

One afternoon in 1976 an economics professor, taking a walk in a village in Bangladesh, met a poor woman. The woman was trying to support herself by constructing and selling bamboo stools. She earned two cents a day. When the professor asked her why her profit was so low, she explained that the only person who would lend her money to buy bamboo was the trader who purchased her final product and the price he set barely covered her costs. The professor's instinct was to open his wallet and give her some money. Then he had another thought: Why not give her a loan? . That thought became the genesis of a remarkable institution: the Grameen ("Village") Bank. Today, the Grameen Bank is considered the most successful self-sustaining antipoverty program in the world. It has more than two million borrowers - 94 percent of them women - and its approach has been replicated throughout the world, including in hundreds of locations across the United States and Canada. The Price of a Dream traces the history of the Grameen Bank and in candid, vivid prose transports the reader to one of the world's most dramatic settings for a firsthand view of how this institution is helping millions of people change their lives.

In development circles, there is a growing consensus that social entrepreneurs are a superior mechanism for addressing societal needs, serving as a decentralized force that offers hope for solutions to pressing problems and fostering a more peaceful world. The author, previously recognized for his influential work on social entrepreneurship, collaborates with Susan Davis, a founding board member of the Grameen Foundation, to provide a comprehensive overview of the field. Presented in a Q & A format, the book allows readers to access information efficiently while mapping out the landscape of social entrepreneurship in both broad and specific terms. It clarifies what defines social entrepreneurs, how their organizations operate, and the challenges they encounter. The authors distinguish social entrepreneurship from traditional business ventures and grant-based non-profit work. Unlike the conventional top-down approaches employed by large institutions like the World Bank, social entrepreneurs engage in iterative learning and collaborate with communities to develop localized solutions. Most importantly, the book empowers readers to understand how they can contribute to this movement, making it a valuable resource for anyone inspired by the call to service and eager to explore the potential of this innovative approach to social change.