By Hubert Schmitz

This blog post was originally posted on the Globalisation and Development Blog on 9 March…

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Money matters! Join our two Santa Fe, NM events on Thursday March 15th, sponsored by Santa Fe Community Foundation:

• Morning Workshop for NPO & Small Biz Owners: Learn to Get the Most from Banks & New Opportunities for Money http://t.co/pDLXjxdh

• Evening Roundtable on Ethical Investing: Do your values match your investment world?…

Hello poverty fighters, 

I would like to ask you if you know where I could look for qualitative and quantitative data on equity alliances (partnership) between for profit and non for profit firms in the

hot beverage/

diamond/

aircraft engine and manufacturing parts

/resort industry.

In particular:



- who are the actors involved

- when did the alliance take place

- why was it undertaken

- pre and…

Innovations Against Poverty, the new challenge fund by Sida, had a successful start last year with hundreds of entrepreneurs getting engaged and nearly 30 companies receiving financial support. The funding and outreach is now increasing to also target middle income countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). On March 15, Innovations Against Poverty arranges a live streamed event which potential applicants are welcome to join.

At Sida, the Swedish…

Photo: University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Leadership for me is the art of inspiring people to bring everything we are (the one-of-a-kind each of us is) to everything we do.

Leadership falters without management.

Management for me is the practice of making it simple and possible for people to bring everything we are to everything we do.

Successful leaders and managers are bridge builders.

They build structures, systems and most importantly communities that inspire and make it simple and…

***Note***

The Forum is currently recruiting a project manager at part-time to support its development. Candidates should be available to begin work on 1 April 2012. View the vacancy ad.

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Why are there so…

Regional corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts pass the early stages and start bringing best practices which would compete with the practices from the other regions of the world. Regional banks and financial entities lead the new approach and you can find below a stakeholder engagement introduction from a private capital firm in the Middle East region.

Abraaj Capital,…

Senior Hunger Policy and Research Adviser 

Save the Children

£38,000 to £40,000

London…

Nearly 675 strong, American colleges and universities are signatories to a commitment to reduce and eventually neutralize carbon dioxide emissions on their campuses that contribute to global warming and to integrate sustainability into their curriculum. But how do you get from commitment to planning to action to accomplishment? That will be the focus of the 2012 Southwest Regional Collaborative Symposium of the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) March 1-2…

iDE UK Programme Manager 

iDE is a global consortium of organisations with a shared mission to create income and livelihood opportunities for the rural poor.   iDE UK is the UK member of this global partnership.

iDE has pioneered the market-based approach to delivering products and services to increase incomes and improve livelihoods of the rural poor in Africa, Asia and Latin America.  iDE…