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More than money : five forms of capital to create wealth and eliminate poverty / Paul C. Godfrey.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (240 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780804789202
  • 0804789207
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: More than money.DDC classification:
  • 658.15/2 23
LOC classification:
  • HC79.P6 G68 2013eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction : eliminating, not alleviating poverty -- More than money -- Self-reliance : the mechanism that eliminates poverty -- Part I. The five types of capital. Institutional capital : yarn-dyed cloth -- Social capital : a double-edged sword -- Human capital : the heart of the matter -- Organizational capital : power from simple machines -- Physical capital : the last puzzle piece -- Part II. Creating effective organizations. Mission and vision : leading the fight with values -- Ecosystems of development : systems to fight a system -- Measuring impact : are we winning? -- Eudemonia : human flourishing and the end of poverty.
Summary: Is poverty inevitable? No, says author Paul Godfrey. More than Money shows how organizations can win the fight against poverty and create prosperity for people at the base of the pyramid in the developing and developed world. This book presents a novel framework that shows how five types of interrelated capital-institutional, human, social, organizational, and physical-enable development and sustainable growth. In addition to a widely-applicable model, Godfrey provides principles to guide application. Core chapters articulate each specific form of capital and provide examples of how it contribu.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : eliminating, not alleviating poverty -- More than money -- Self-reliance : the mechanism that eliminates poverty -- Part I. The five types of capital. Institutional capital : yarn-dyed cloth -- Social capital : a double-edged sword -- Human capital : the heart of the matter -- Organizational capital : power from simple machines -- Physical capital : the last puzzle piece -- Part II. Creating effective organizations. Mission and vision : leading the fight with values -- Ecosystems of development : systems to fight a system -- Measuring impact : are we winning? -- Eudemonia : human flourishing and the end of poverty.

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Is poverty inevitable? No, says author Paul Godfrey. More than Money shows how organizations can win the fight against poverty and create prosperity for people at the base of the pyramid in the developing and developed world. This book presents a novel framework that shows how five types of interrelated capital-institutional, human, social, organizational, and physical-enable development and sustainable growth. In addition to a widely-applicable model, Godfrey provides principles to guide application. Core chapters articulate each specific form of capital and provide examples of how it contribu.

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