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Durreen Shahnaz • TED@BCG Singapore

How capitalism and philanthropy can collaborate to solve big problems

The solutions to some of the world's thorniest problems won't be found in the world of pure capitalism or philanthropy. Durreen Shahnaz reveals the potential promise of a third way: exploring how these two forces can mesh together to produce results.

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This talk was presented at a TED Institute event given in partnership with BCG.

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The solutions to some of the world's thorniest problems won't be found in the world of pure capitalism or philanthropy. Durreen Shahnaz reveals the potential promise of a third way: exploring how these two forces can mesh together to produce results.

This talk was presented at a TED Institute event given in partnership with BCG.

Read more about the TED Institute.

About the speaker

Durreen Shahnaz

Social innovation entrepreneur

Durreen Shahnaz is the Founder and Chairwoman of Impact Investment Exchange Asia (IIX), a social stock exchange which will allow Asian social enterprises to raise growth capital (www.asiaiix.com). Shahnaz recently founded Impact Investment Shujog, the awareness-building affiliate organization of IIX. She is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. Shahnaz is a TED 2010 Fellow.

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