What Governments And Businesses Can Do To Foster Social Entrepreneurship
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Session Description
Radicalism and pragmatism can co-exist, but there are essential pre-conditions to social entrepreneurship. Access to new and different financial resources forms a critical part of the answer. But the ethics, policy, regulation and governance have got to be right too.
Time & Location
Time:
17:00 - 18:00, Wednesday, March 29, 2006
BST
Speakers
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Speaker
Professor, University of Cambridge
With the critically acclaimed publication of The Silent Takeover in 2001, Noreena Hertz became recognised as one of the world’s leading proponents of ethical globalisation. While her influential ideas on debt, trade and aid, as outlined in her most recent book I.O.U: The Debt Threat and Why We Must Defuse It, have been taken up by governments in countries as diverse as the United Kingdom, Norway and Tanzania. Both The Silent Takeover and I.O.U: The Debt Threat are international bestsellers, featuring on such lists as the Wall Street Journal and Foreign Affairs bestseller lists. Her books have been translated into 15 languages. Hertz’s op ed pieces have been published in most leading European and American broadsheets and her monthly syndicated column is published in 8 countries. Noreena has appeared on most flagship TV and Radio Shows in Europe, the United States, Africa and Latin America and regularly takes part in debates and panels with leading government ministers, prime ministers, presidents and public figures. In addition she is a regular keynote speaker at corporate and NGO events and an advisor to several leading corporations and NGOs. In 2005 and 2006 she spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Hertz has a BA in Philosophy and Economics from UCL, an MBA in Finance from Wharton, and a Phd from the University of Cambridge. She is the CIBAM Distinguished Fellow at the University of Cambridge.
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Speaker
Professor, Oxford Martin School
Ian Goldin is Oxford University Professor of Globalisation and Development and the founding Director of the Oxford Martin School, the University and the world’s leading centre for interdisciplinary research into critical global challenges. Ian previously was World Bank Vice President and the Group’s Director of Policy. Before joining the World Bank he was Chief Executive of the Development Bank of Southern Africa and Economic Advisor to President Nelson Mandela. Ian is an advisor to businesses, governments and international agencies. Ian was knighted by the French for his services to development and is a founding trustee of the International Center for Future Generations and of Core-econ.org which aims to transform economics. He has written and presented three BBC series, After the Crash, Will AI Kill Development and The Pandemic that Changed the World and his BBC Analysis The Death of Globalisation?. The most recent of Ian’s 24 books is Age of the City. iangoldin.org @ian_goldin
