The concept of social entrepreneurship as a characterization of social responsibility forbusiness organizations has gained considerable popularity. There is growing belief ininternational development and donor communities that this form of for‐profit activitymight be the long‐sought panacea...

Until now there have been no national estimates of the extent of poverty in Britain at the turnof the 20th century. This paper introduces a newly-discovered household budget data set forthe early 1900s. These data are more representative of urban working households in Britainin the period than...

World leaders have given the reduction of global poverty top priority. And yet it persists. Indeed, in many countries whose governments lack either the desire or the ability to act, poverty has worsened. This book, a joint venture of a Harvard professor and economist with the international...