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posted by Admin  on July 11, 2008

A UNDP document published in May 2004 that includes as one of its examples the case study of what Statoil did to train Venezuelan judges in human rights. That story is also summarised on the forceforgood website, here.
     
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posted by Admin  on April 8, 2010

This Briefing Document, by Tomorrow’s Company, summarises the international initiative on ‘The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity’ (TEEB), and focuses on the roles that businesses can play in that initiative. It presents the business case for the conservation of ecosystems and biodiversity. The Tomorrow's Company Briefing Documents are intended to provide the reader with a comprehensive introduction to a particular topic. You can find the full list of Briefing Documents on forceforgood.com here. 
     
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posted by Admin  on April 8, 2010

This Briefing Document, by Tomorrow’s Company, summarises social business and its growing importance in the world. There is a growing interest in a new kind of business that is now being referred to as a "social business" or "social enterprise". The dual objectives of social and financial returns make social business unique and meaningful, bringing about innovations of social business models. The Tomorrow's Company Briefing Documents are intended to provide the reader with a comprehensive introduction to a particular topic. You can find the full list of Briefing Documents on forceforgood.com here.
     
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posted by Admin  on April 23, 2010

In 2004 Tomorrow's company published a report on what robust  and responsible financial services would look like after comprehensive research and consultation with hundreds of proffessionals working in the city. Restoring Trust has been validated by the financial crisis of 2008 and is still a useful document to provide clear goals.  In many ways, the challenges facing today's policy makers is to get to the system which Restoring Trust sets out. The inquiry is in essence an industry self portrait.  It is based on interviews and workshops conducted with over 500 people drawn from every aspect of the investment chain.  In formulating our proposals we have taken account of a number of government inquiries, industry reviews, trade body and company initiatives.
     
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posted by Admin  on April 8, 2010

This Briefing Document, by Tomorrow’s Company, summarises microfinance and its increasing importance. It also briefly describes the most controversial issues surrounding different facets of microfinance. 
     

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Let communities decide the agenda for development
When aid agencies predesign the funding priorities for communities or organisations in the developing world, they add to exercerbate the problems. Aid does not work if the aid agencies force their agenda on the recepients. For many years Africa has received aid from the west but it has not translated to real development or poverty alleviation as they seem to to claim. Once the aid agencies leave the agenda to the communities to decide their priorities then things will change. Otherwise there is no need to continue funding current programmes as they wont translate to real change. There must be a paradigm shift and a radical one for that matter on how aid agencies view development in communities. Let communities decide their funding priorities and not the other way round. Emmanuel Dennis: http://emmanuel-ed.blogspot.com/
Posted By : Emmanuel dennis Ngongo
Posted on : September 15, 2009

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