Still, they've been beating around the bush for so long that even this poor effort counts for something.
Social enterprise is a fuzzy term that's used to describe many things but largely refers to private actors providing goods and services to the poor and optimizing for something other than a pure financial return.
When CGAP was created, in 1995, the "P" stood for "poorest" — something for which Yunus had lobbied hard.
They also get more family support.That poor parents will pay for something the state provides free speaks volumes.
'While a student may leave behind a poor background to aim for something higher, there are consequences for their family too,' writes one student.
G8 governments were genuinely shocked by events, having seen food as a problem only for poor countries, something to be resolved by aid and patronage.
Tomlinson doesn't dispute the value of qualifications, however, and is quick to dismiss the suggestion that the letter is a caveat for poor results – something which has been suggested by likes of free-school founder Toby Young.
Here's another answer one might give when asked why we should tolerate state dependence on the part of the rich, but not of the poor: the rich earn the benefits they accrue from the state, while the poor get something for nothing.
Instead, Luwana's real affection for Maggie drove her to ask a very poor and ill young mother for something that was almost impossible: to try to finish high school at the same time that she raised her baby, held down a janitorial job, and coped with an incurable disease.
The killing led to deep mourning among many of the Colombian poor, for whom he was something of a Robin Hood, turning American dollars into food, housing and jobs.
