Name: A third way to think about aid
Uploaded: 2009-09-25T01:00:00Z
Duration: 16 min 48 s
Description: The debate over foreign aid often pits those who mistrust "charity" against those who mistrust reliance on the markets. Jacqueline Novogratz proposes a middle way she calls patient capital, with promising examples of entrepreneurial innovation driving social change.

The debate over foreign aid often pits those who mistrust "charity" against those who mistrust reliance on the markets. Jacqueline Novogratz proposes a middle way she calls patient capital, with promising examples of entrepreneurial innovation driving social change.

Jacqueline Novogratz: A third way to think about aid

A third way to think about aid

Patient capital bridges aid and markets, investing in entrepreneurs sparking social change in communities they know best.

Drip irrigation reimagined for the poor by Amitabha Sadangi, shows innovation's power to uplift lives, transforming deserts and destinies.

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