Creating Enterprises that Succeed . . . How donors can help build businesses that last (PART IV)

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Michelle Pinkowski

In this multi-part article, I address the three most crucial ways donors can think like business people to help ensure the success of enterprise development projects.  Now that you know who you are selling to, and you’ve given thought to how you will let these buyers know about your product and make them want to buy it, the question is . . .

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Creating Enterprises that Succeed . . . How donors can help build businesses that last (PART III)

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Michelle Pinkowski

In this multi-part article, I address the three most crucial ways donors can think like business people to help ensure the success of enterprise development projects.

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Creating Enterprises that Succeed . . . How donors can help build businesses that last (PART II)

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Michelle Pinkowski

In Part I of this series, I presented a case study involving a donor project to help poor rural women make clay pots.  From a “making pots” perspective, the project succeeded.  The women can make pots.  But from a rural livelihood perspective – i.e. designing a project that results in sustained economic improvement for the women and progress toward meeting MDGs – the project failed.

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Creating Enterprises that Succeed . . . How donors can help build businesses that last

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Michelle Pinkowski

Off of a remote road outside a small village in the island nation of Timor-Leste sits a large oven, ready to receive clay pots formed by women who hope to sell the pots to get money to feed their families.  This project was funded under various rural livelihoods initiatives with the hope that it will provide economic opportunities for women in this rural community.  Thanks to donors, the women have everything they need to produce pots. Continue reading →

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Small Business Development Key to Reducing Youth Unemployment

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Michelle Pinkowski

In his recent article Arab Spring, the Economy & Social Entrepreneurship, blogger Afif Tabsh comments on the interrelationship between high unemployment among educated youth and the political activism that led to the downfall of regimes across the Arab world.

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Beating Corruption by Building Consensus

Posted on June 29, 2011 by global

Beating Corruption by Building Consensus

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Philip’s Story, Part II

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Michelle Pinkowski

This second installment continues our exploration of economic development and the growing problem of youth unemployment around the world by looking at the magnitude of the problem. The continuing series is examining underlying challenges to job creation in developing countries and successful models for building the self-sufficiency needed to grow economies.

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Philip’s Story, Part I

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Michelle Pinkowski

The article below kicks off a series on economic development and the growing problem of youth unemployment around the world.  The series will examine underlying challenges to job creation in developing countries and successful models for building the self-sufficiency needed to grow economies.

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Financial Audits Are Not Enough To Fight Organizational Corruption

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Brian Pinkowski

Using financial audits as a prevention tool in organizational corruption is like using police as crime prevention.  The crime has typically been committed by the time the police or auditors can detect it.

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Government Use of SMS as a Public Outreach

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Brian Pinkowski

Governments may be overlooking a powerful and inexpensive means of reaching their constituents.

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