How Canada can kick-start the engine of global innovation and entrepreneurship

Investing in social enterprises in developing markets by using new forms of financing has the potential to increase the effectiveness of Canada’s international assistance, boost economic growth, and leverage private capital.

International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau arrives at Question Period on April 24. Through grants, loans, equity, and other innovative financing mechanisms, Canada can support early-stage social enterprises led by women and youth, who are considered too risky for most investors, in low-income countries, where investors concerned about receiving a quick return are unwilling to go, writes Prateek Awasthi.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY PRATEEK AWASTHI

May 11, 2018

In order to end poverty, reduce inequalities, and have any chance of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, the world needs new ways of thinking. Diagnoses of poverty that ignore underlying flaws in social, economic, and political systems, and the simplistic solutions they produce, do not wor...

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