The year in Social Innovation: seven key trends

Reblogged from GOOD.

Trend n°3: Social Enterprise Boosted Developing Economies

In 2011, we saw social enterprise help clear the path to economic development in emerging markets. In Africa, social entrepreneurs helped tackle the problem of waste (allowing us to run an a story about “fecal sludge”), created jobs to spread important health tools and fight poverty, and even developed innovative insurance products for some of the poorest people in the world. India was identified as a hotbed for the impact economy. One company in the United States found ways to make trade work for both sides by making a living wage central to their business model. And we helped celebrate 15 innovators coming up with bold ideas for global development.