Ideas Changing Minds or Money Changing Hands?
Ideas Changing Minds or Money Changing Hands? SSIR Opinion & Analysis It is a sign of the drawing power of social entrepreneurship that larger players of development co-operation get or want to get involved in social entrepreneurship support. An example is KfW , one of Germany's largest banks by assets and profitability. It is currently looking into setting up a fund for the support of social entrepreneurship (SE) in Asia and possibly also in Africa. Precisely because of the opportunities that such large players open up for social entrepreneurship, we must follow such dynamics critically. In particular, following a conference at KfW in October 2012, we see a risk in narrowing down social entrepreneurship to social business. Overemphasizing the aspect of financial return involves four dangers: 1. Much ado about few. Let's take as an example social entrepreneurship in the water sector. Many regions across the globe suffer from...