Webinar: Asia Society Hong Kong Center Program Charting the Path Forward

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Catching the world unaware, Covid-19 has sent the global economy and the lives of billions into a tailspin. In the wake of this pandemic, the public, private, and social sectors must come together to work towards a stronger and more equitable […]

Business for Good goes digital!

Maximizing the Value of Social Enterprises in Asia

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Through the Business for Good microsite, you can interact with our latest study, Business for Good: maximizing the value of social enterprises in Asia. Featuring a data dashboard, our microsite lets you filter and explore data from our survey of 584 […]

Muhammad Yunus & Ruth Shapiro: Doing Good in an Uncertain World

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As a significant portion of global wealth shifts into the hands of a few, Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus discusses the transformative power of social businesses in helping people escape poverty and fix, what he believes is a ‘broken economic system’. […]

The State of Social Enterprise in South East Asia

British Council and UNESCAP

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This report combines economy-specific analyses of social enterprises across South East Asia, including Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. An estimated one million social enterprises exist across these economies. This report highlights the activities that social […]

China Social Enterprise and Social Investment Landscape Report 2019

Social Sciences Academic Press

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This report, jointly launched by China Social Enterprise and Impact Investment Forum (CSEIF) and Narada Foundation, depicts the fast-growing social investment landscape in China. Findings are based on surveys and data collected on four key components of the ecosystem: social […]

Harnessing the philanthropy and finance sectors for social good

Qing Gu (Alliance Magazine)

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This op-ed highlights that most Chinese foundations are not grantmaking organizations, but operating foundations or hybrids. Their limited assets prevent them from supporting NGOs and filling the funding vacuum created by foreign donors leaving the country. Lack of funding is […]