Index
A
Abusrour, Abdelfattah
Acajabon, Yoly
Acumen Fund
Addams, Jane
Aflatoun
Agriculture, market information and linkage system (MILS) for small rural farmers in Kenya
Aldea Global
Allianz Global Investors
Alrowwad
Andreas, Brian
Argentina, radio program using mental patients as broadcasters
Ashoka: author' employment at; author's introduction to; general information on; on ripple effect of social entrepreneurship
Ashoka Fellows: commonalities among; defined; number of; qualities of
Asperger syndrome
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Autism, Danish organization employing people with
B
Banco Palmas
Banks: first community development bank in Brazil; for rickshaw pullers in India
Beautiful Resistance movement
Billimoria, Jeroo
Bornstein, David
BRAC
Bradley, Divine
Brazil, first community development bank in
Brito, Miguel
The Bucket List
Business: making money as focus of, in China; social entrepreneurship's influence on
Business social sector
C
Campbell, Joseph
Canada, program to foster empathy in children
Capitalism, Fair Trade as revising model of
Center for Inspired Teaching
Change: author's definition of; current rate of; technology as accelerating. See also Social change
Changemakers: cycle of social change catalyzed by; defined; increasing number of. See also Social entrepreneurs
Chenelet
Chernobyl
Chicago Board of Trade
Child and Youth Finance International
ChildHelpline International (CHI)
Childline India
Children: economic and social inequities experienced by; equipping, with skills for financial freedom; fostering empathy in, in Canada; providing normalcy to, living in conflict zone of Palestine
China, focus on making money in
Churchill, Winston
Ciudad Saludable
Clinton, William Jefferson
Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) partnerships
Colombia, Clinton Global Initiative program
Communities, built by Ashoka Fellows
Community development bank, in Brazil
Community Enterprise Solutions (CE Solutions)
Construction initiatives: ecological public housing in France; low-emission housing development in Korea
Cooperatives: Fair Trade certified, in Nicaragua; green electric power company in Germany
Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
D
Davis, Susan S.
Denmark, organization employing people with autism
Devi, Ram
Dialogue Social Enterprise (DSE)
Disabilities, people with: Danish organization employing people with autism; German initiative educating people about
DMT Mobile Toilets
Drayton, Bill
Drucker, Peter
Durojaiye, Isaac
Dyson, Esther
E
Easterly, William
Ecomanos
Edison, Thomas
Elektrizitätswerke Schönau (EWS)
Elimelech, Tail
Elkington, John
Emotional literacy
The Empathic Civilization (Rifkin)
Empathy, defined
Empathy-cultivating initiatives: to cultivate leaders among diverse religions on campuses in U.S.; to foster empathy in children in Canada; overview of; to provide normalcy for children living in conflict zone in Palestine; reflections on
Esike, Willy Wasike
Exovation
Experiences: changing thinking about, of blind people; as inspiration for Ashoka Fellows; of normalcy for children living in Palestinian conflict zone
F
Fair Trade: cooperatives in Nicaragua; impact of; U.S. as focus of efforts for
France, ecological public housing construction initiative
Frazell, Ben
Fukushima
Full citizenship initiatives: changing thinking about people with disabilities in Germany; employing people with autism in Denmark; equipping children with skills for financial freedom; overview of; reflections on; using mental patients as radio broadcasters in Argentina
G
Gadaffi, Otunba
Gandhi, Mahatma
Garbage system, community-based, in Peru
Gaudin, Pierre
Germany: green electrical power cooperative; initiative for education about people with disabilities
Glickley, George
Global Fund for Women
Gordon, Mary
Green initiatives: community-based trash and recycling system in Peru; construction of ecological public housing in France; cooperative electric power company in Germany; low-emission housing development in Korea; rickshaws as green vehicles
Gregersen, Hal
Guatemala, reverse consignment model in
Gupta, Geeta Rao
H
Haiti, reverse consignment model exported to
Hammond, Al
Hartigan, Pamela
Hastreiter, Gerhard
Heinecke, Andreas
Hessel, Stephane
Housing initiatives: ecological public housing in France; low-emission housing development in Korea
How to Change the World (Bornstein)
Huffington, Arianna
Human rights, for widows in Nepal
I
India, bank for rickshaw pullers
Indignez-Vous! (Hessel)
INSEAD
Inspired Teaching Demonstration School
Institutions: built by Ashoka Fellows; defined; restructuring norms of. See also Norm-restructuring initiatives
Instituto Palmas
Interfaith Youth Core (IYC)
International Conference on Women in Beijing
International Livestock Research Institute
International Monetary Fund
J
Jacobs, Cheryl
Japan, nuclear power industry in
Jirgens, Eric
K
Kalita, Madhab
Kenya, market information and linkage system (MILS) for small rural farmers
Kenya Agricultural Commodity Exchange (KACE)
Khrushchev, Nikita
King, Martin Luther Jr.
Kisuya, Martin
Kuhl, Patricia
L
La Colifata
Leaders: cultivating, among diverse religions on campuses in U.S.; social entrepreneurs as
Lino, Elias
Lopez, Hugo
M
Mahiti Infotech
Margolis, Aleta
Market initiatives creating social value: community-based trash and recycling system in Peru; ecological public housing construction company in France; Fair Trade model in U.S.; overview of; public toilet business in Nigeria; reflections on
Market-altering initiatives: agricultural market information and linkage system (MILS) in Kenya; community development bank in Brazil; overview of; reflections on; reverse consignment model in Guatemala
Marty, Francois
Melo Neto, Joaquim de
Meltzoff, Andrew
Mental patients, as radio broadcasters in Argentina
Miami University, Center for MicroConsignment
MicroConsignment Model (MCM)
Micro-enterprises, built into waste management cycle in Peru
Micro-entrepreneurs, created by reverse consignment model in Guatemala
Microloans
MicroVolunteering
Mobile phone technology
Mother Teresa
Mukhebi, Adrian
N
Nepal, widows' rights initiative
Nesager, Henrik
Nicaragua: Fair Trade certified cooperatives founded in; Paul Rice in
Nigeria: Clinton Global Initiative program; public toilet business
Norm-restructuring initiatives: bank for rickshaw pullers in India; green electrical power cooperative in Germany; overview of; reflections on; teacher-training program in U.S.; widows' rights in Nepal
Novogratz, Jacqueline
Nuclear power generation, German electric power cooperative to replace
O
Obama, Barack
Olivera, Alfredo
The “other”: need to erase concept of; thinking of people with disabilities as
P
Paine, Thomas
Palestine, normalcy experiences for children living in conflict zone
Palmas Bank
Parents for a Nuclear-Free Future
Participation, as characteristic of Ashoka Fellows
Passion, as characteristic of Ashoka Fellows
Patel, Eboo
Pattern, as characteristic of Ashoka Fellows
Peace Corps
Pedersen, Steffen Møller
Peru: Clinton Global Initiative program; community-based trash and recycling system
Power generation, green electrical power cooperative in Germany
The Power of Unreasonable People (Elkington and Hartigan)
Practice, defined
The Price of a Dream (Bornstein)
Prodecoop
Profit: as insufficient purpose for businesses; with sustainability; when business creates social value
Puello, Rufino Herrera
Purpose, as characteristic of Ashoka Fellows
Q
Quispe, Sonia
R
Radio: program using mental patients as broadcasters in Argentina; used by Kenyan market information and linkage system for small farmers
Recycling system, community-based, in Peru
Religions: acceptance of technologies influenced by, in Nigeria; cultivating leaders from diverse, on U.S. campuses
Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Diversion Program
Rice, Paul
Rickshaw Bank
Rifkin, Jeremy
Rippling: author's definition of; of employment created by social entrepreneurship; social change as result of; of social entrepreneurship movement
Roots of Empathy
Ruiz, Albina
Ruiz, Paloma
S
Salk, Jonas
Sanitation: community-based trash and recycling system in Peru; public toilet business in Nigeria
Sarmah, Pradip Kumar
Schools, teacher-focused effort to reform U.S.
Senge, Peter M.
Shrestha, Sadhana
Singularity University
Sladek, Ursula
Smith, Harry
Social change: advice on how to begin working for; by altering market structure; catalysts of cycle of; as result of rippling; through altering market dynamics; through empathy-cultivating initiatives; through full citizenship initiatives; through restructuring norms; through using markets to create social value. See also Change
Social entrepreneurs: advice on how to become; common characteristics of; defined; as new way of doing good; as positive deviants; thriving in current environment; work process of; Yunus as inspiration for. See also Ashoka Fellows; Changemakers
Social entrepreneurship: books on; as career path and social movement; as changing social systems; influence on business; social change as result of rippling by; spread of employment created by
Social Entrepreneurship (Bornstein and Davis)
Social responsibility initiatives, Fair Trade
Social value. See Market initiatives creating social value
Soluciones Comunitarias (SolCom)
Sonne, Lars
Sonne, Thorkil
South Korea, Clinton Global Initiative project
Specialist People Foundation
Specialisterne
Stanton, Joshua
Stone, Biz
T
Teaching, U.S. teacher-focused effort to reform
Technologies: change accelerated by; culture and religion influencing acceptance of, in Nigeria; global volunteering enabled by; reverse consignment model to create access to, in Guatemala; uncomplicated, for eco-housing construction in France; used by Kenyan market information and linkage system for small farmers
TEWA
Thapa, Lily
Thapa, Rita
Theobald, Robert
Thinking: changing, about people with disabilities; need to change; reframing
Ticse, Nelly
Trash system, community-based, in Peru
Twain, Mark
U
United Nations: Development Program (UNDP); Food and Agricultural Organization
United States: cultivating interfaith leaders among youth in; as focus of Fair Trade efforts; teacher-focused educational reform effort in
University of Washington Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences (I-LABS)
V
Van Kirk, Greg
VisionSpring
Volunteering, global, enabled by technology
W
Waste management: community-based trash and recycling system in Peru; public toilet business in Nigeria
Women: as eco-housing construction workers in France; economic and social inequities experienced by; as micro-entrepreneurs in Guatemala; as public toilet franchisees in Nigeria; rights of widowed, in Nepal
Women for Human Rights (WHR)
World Bank
X
Xoch, Juanita
Y
Young, Onna
Yunus, Mohammed
Z
Zurich Financial Services