April 2018 For those students who have asked me for a reading list in the areas that I teach in, I offer this list of fifty books that I’ve read and recommend highly. I close with a list of ten books that I don’t recommend despite their popularity. These book Read more…
By Charlotte Fall Over spring break, students from Northeastern traveled to Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic to work with Project Esperanza – an organization that serves the Haitian refugee population through education, social aid, and community development. This population migrated to Puerto Plata in search of opportunities to help Read more…
By Kayla Vestergaard Undeveloped nations have long been overlooked as potential money-making hotspots for large corporations. Recently, more corporations have been recognizing that low-money transfers in poorer areas add fluidity and strength to nations’ economies. Kenya, for instance, rebased its GDP after realizing that slums actually have a much larger Read more…
by Professor Dennis Shaughnessy For many years I’ve taught microfinance and financial inclusion services as part of our social enterprise program. We’ve always admired the work of Grameen Bank to make credit accessible and affordable for poor women without collateral. More recently, the use of cell phone services to transfer Read more…
Interview by Ritika Kumbharkar A simple class project about food security led Malia Bachesta to toward a career in raising awareness around the need for food security. Malia Bachesta graduated from Northeastern in December 2015 with a degree in Communications Studies and minors in International Affairs and Social Entrepreneurship. Malia Read more…
Let’s consider the question of what is the right or best kind of motivation for the rapidly growing class of social entrepreneurs. It’s a hot area, with a lot of new entrants, and not much in the way of rules and guidelines.