And in terms of connections with larger corporate software development, Mitrais exemplifies the capacity for Bali to be a hub within a much larger regional and international software development enterprise (Earl 2016).
Paula Woodman: in terms of international scale the private sector is seen as a major partner, not social enterprise – on international development, it might be happening organically but I was at a recent EU event on the future for international development.
Mark Richardson: why is social enterprise still not on the international development agenda?
And yet there are so many examples of social enterprise achieving great things in international development: Grameen Bank being the ultimate example perhaps.
Perhaps nowhere is this more true than in the world of international development,where thousands of not-for-profits and social enterprises are operating in myriad countries and cultures, often with few resources.
The Scandinavian countries, Norway particularly, are active as mediators and generous donors to international development schemes, yet the problems of Africa defy their most benevolent enterprises.
US-led AID initiatives are mostly privately contracted, and USAID has become more of a Cisco Systems or Dell Computer of international development, essentially a bundler of subcontracted componentry rather than a government enterprise that can easily hire, fire, quickly deploy or withdraw its own forces on quick, time-urgent missions.
After years spent supporting social and environmental causes through charities – she is a patron of the Environmental Justice Foundation and used to be an ambassador for international development charity Global Angels – Cole has come to the conclusion that supporting social enterprise is a more effective way to change the world.
Name: Joel Selanikio Current location: Washington, DC and Nairobi, Kenya Twitter name: @jselanikio In 30 words or less tell us who you work for and what you do: I'm the CEO and co-founder of DataDyne, a social enterprise based in the US and Kenya that creates technology for the global health and international development community.
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