Articles in Sustainable development

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Defending human rights in Peru

6 May 2013
‘Financial regulators in developing countries can help defend human rights’, argues David Schydlowsky, the charismatic head of SBS Peru, the nation’s financial authority. Schydlowsky shows how financial regulators can use their power and tools to address a number of social and environmental issues connected to oil and mining projects in developing countries. read more
Sustainable development
The District in Maadi, Cairo

Rebuilding post-revolution Egypt

16 April 2013
‘As many other post-revolution countries, Egypt is facing challenging times. We chose to see this as an opportunity to work together, to join forces for a better future. That is why we started The District, a hub for entrepreneurs,’ says social entrepreneur, founder and director Mazen Helmy. read more
Sustainable development
Gunter Pauli ©Andrew Smith Lewis

The Blue Economy: waste not, want not

9 April 2013
Responding to people’s needs by recognising the full potential of whatever is locally available, or, better still: putting nature back on its evolutionary path. This is professor Gunter Pauli’s Blue Economy in a nutshell. Pauli: ‘In nature, waste does not exist and there is no unemployment. Recognising the opportunities of everything around us is the key to a system that may provide for the entire world population. Without depleting mother nature.’ read more
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Wendy Luhabe

Dr. Wendy Luhabe’s mission to boost social entrepreneurship

28 February 2013
In addition to a successful career in South Africa’s corporate boardrooms, Wendy Luhabe has been a pioneer in championing the economic empowerment of women to become active participants in the South African economic landscape. She co-founded Women Investments Portfolio Holdings, the first female-owned company to be listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and pioneered another first for South Africa by launching the multi-million Private Equity fund for women-owned enterprises. She is an avid advocate of social entrepreneurship and strongly believes in the potential of human capital. Wendy Luhabe: ‘Financial institutions need to re-evaluate their role and responsibility in society.’ read more
Responsible finance | Sustainable development
Bhutan

Bhutan: a romantic fairy tale or role model?

17 January 2013
Sander Tideman from Nyenrode Business University gives us insight into how Bhutan measures prosperity by gauging its citizens' happiness levels, not the GDP. read more
Sustainable development
Boosting family businesses

Boosting Family Businesses

17 January 2013
Tuninvest-Africinvest Group is a leading private equity investor, that is committed to investing in growing African SME’s. Executive partner Khaled Ben Jilani shares his vision on how to successfully turn family businesses into thriving companies. read more
Responsible finance | Sustainable development
Sophie Dia Pegrum, Cinematographer from Shakti Pictures' Daughters of the Curved Moon shooting a local village woman walking up the road in Tatopani VDC, Jumla.

Eco-tourism in remote Nepal

6 December 2012
Sustainable development
Myanmar

Pioneering microfinance in Myanmar

5 December 2012
Myanmar recently opened up for foreign direct investment. ACLEDA Bank, the successful Cambodian bank that was set up as a microfinance institution after the Khmer Rouge era, is now one of the first foreign financial institutions to enter Myanmar – one of Asia’s last frontiers. ACLEDA Bank’s CEO In Channy explains why and how. read more
Responsible finance | Sustainable development
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