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05/19/2008: Intel and Grameen: Bringing technology to rural, impoverished communities through social business

Traveling the world it is not uncommon to see poverty and people living in conditions that are almost unimaginable. It is especially striking when you see young people with seemingly no hope to get an education that might allow them...

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Tagged: bangladesh, craigbarrett, csr, grameen, intel, microfinance, muhammadyunus, socialbusiness

05/19/2008: Companies that really want to help the poor get unpoor should help the poor make more money

Ok, I’m going to start by saying this post may get me in trouble here at Intel because I’m going to speak heresy. I’m going to suggest we should allocate some portion of our investments in education into a different...

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Tagged: csr, grameen, microfinance, socialentrepreneurship, socialresponsibility

05/05/2008: Grass roots philanthropy – where’s the corporate connection?

Socially-minded grass roots organizations like media darling Kiva.org and virtual networks such as NED are changing the development and aid industry. Is your company thinking about extending its CSR activities to include these upstarts? We are. I’ll tell you more...

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Tagged: cmpc, csr, donorschoose, grameen, grassroots, intel, kiva, microfinance