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Journey Queensland Uniting Church Review of In The River They Swim
This book taps into the experiences and deepest reflections of leaders in their fields to find creative ways to solve one of the world’s biggest challenges – creating wealth and fostering self sufficiency among the world’s poorest people....read more
Capitalists and help to the poor
Nowhere else will you find so many optimists as in poorer countries. Health services and social systems do not function and people are often malnourished, but one can hear from every quarter about the great potential that is concealed within. An almost similarly formulated phrase can be found in this book that contains 29 reflections on the situation of poor countries and possible solutions. Among the authors one can find an American Express vice-president, a former IT sphere businessman and a cofounder of the organization for developing countries support, Seven Fund, and even the president of Rwanda...read more
Enterprise Solutions in the Developing World
What leads to economic development in countries and regions around the world? Marcela Escobari-Rose '96 and three co-editors/co-authors offer a distinctly different approach to this question: They nominate entrepreneurship as a central factor...read more
Africa: Taking on the World
Is Africa ready to compete globally? If you read the Africa Competitiveness Report 2009 by the World Economic Forum, you get the sense that it isn’t. Although progress is being made, we still hear about the need to address the same issues around infrastructure, health, education, etc...read more
Malik Fal: Bearing The Flag
Malik Fal, MD of entrepreneurship NGO, Endeavor SA, talks about wealth creation, entrepreneurial challenges and the models needed to support entrepreneurs in South Africa. Written by Juliet Pitman...read more
State Unemployment Information Review of "In The River They Swim"
I can’t add much to most good reviewers have already done so far for this book. But to be brief, this is more of an inspirational book than a book that gives you concrete information/strategies to deal with the issues. Having come from a background of voluntary/non-profit service from my college days and being involved with several non-profit organizations over the years, I thought I might get a little more glimpse into the strategies/methods and resonings people followed in accomplishing their goals...read more
Books to campaign by (not Bono’s how-tos)
Probably no more compelling economic treatise has been written of late in less than 150 pages. Moyo traces the history of aid to Africa and illustrates its destructive power. A native of Zambia, she creates the Republic of Dongo as a fictitious archetype of an impoverished African country. Dongo's story brings from macro- to micro-level how a continent that in length is three times the distance from New York to Los Angeles could be so top-to-bottom devastated by the benevolence of other nations...read more
Faith Worship Life Library Review of "In the River They Swim"
For many years helping others on a large scale has been the collective property of leftists in particular and socialists in general. However, in recent decades we have seen the socialist experiments develope with the effect of decreasing wealth and retrenching poverty. Well-meaning helpers gave the help that hurt. This book is a taste of a growing movement of do-gooders who actually do good...read more
Taking on the World - Laurie Elliott reflects on African Competitiveness and the need to leverage networks
Writing for The Web Brainstorm Magazine South Africa Laurie Elliott notes that company and industry competitiveness starts with knowing the full value, tangible and intangible, a company brings. Then, developing the space, including strategic networks and infrastructure to deliver and leverage that value...read more
“OTF Group's Ken Hynes writes about Success begins at home: thoughts on IMF assistance (Jamaica)
As Minister of Finance and the Public Service Audley Shaw confirmed the government's plan to turn to the IMF yesterday, a separate announcement will be made by Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce Karl Samuda today, that is arguably far more important to Jamaica's long-term growth than any IMF Assistance Package...read more
“A Mind for the Poor:” Avoiding the Traps
I thought of President Wade while reading an essay in the book In the River They Swim: Essays from Around the World on Enterprise Solutions to Poverty. The essay by Andreas Widmer, co-founder of the S.E.VEN. Fund, “A Mind for the Poor,” provides the principles for economic development that the stories and ideas in the book illustrate. Widmer learned these principles in, of all places, a pastoral counseling class at seminary...read more
In the River They Swim Swim Reviewed in Spirituality & Health Magazine
Michael Fairbanks has worked closely with the presidents and prime ministers of 20 nations and knows that they are "men and women who have more in common with the rest of us than not. They sleep badly, own pets, laugh at off-color jokes, squeeze toothpaste mid-tube, like to learn and worry. They worry a lot," he says...view pdf
In the River They Swim Swim Mentioned on LosTiempos.com
Marcela Escobari es boliviana y dirige el Centro Internacional de Desarrollo en Harvard, que integra y aplica los conocimientos de esa prestigiosa universidad para resolver los dilemas de política pública relacionadas con la erradicación de la pobreza en el mundo...view pdf
In the River They Swim Mentioned on Extra El Deber
If there's one mustread Summer book on entrepreneurship and innovation, "In the River they SwimThe River" from now on is my cool and refreshing pick First off, it's a collection of essays, which makes it easy to dip in and out of. Second, its well written and edited, which means you’ll find the intellectual waters...view pdf
Book Notes: In the River they Swim
If there's one mustread Summer book on entrepreneurship and innovation, "In the River they SwimThe River" from now on is my cool and refreshing pick First off, it's a collection of essays, which makes it easy to dip in and out of. Second, its well written and edited, which means you’ll find the intellectual waters...read more
Aid Watch Reviews In the River They Swim
I have been privileged to work with some of the poorest people in the world in South Sudan. Their daily life is a constant struggle to feed, shelter and clothe their families. I have been, quite literally, the rich person who couldn’t sleep. So I was pleasantly surprised to read In the River They Swim...read more
In the River They Swim launch event covered in the Boston Globe
Pastor and “The Purpose Driven Life” author Rick Warren and Rwandan President Paul Kagame have at least two things in common: they both contributed to the book “In the River They Swim,” a collection of works about the global poverty gap, and they spent last night at the Charles Hotel...view pdf
In The River They Swim – Essays of Enterprise Solutions to Poverty
“In The River They Swim” is a book collection of twenty-nine essays on enterprise solutions to poverty that includes a foreword by Dr. Rick Warren. Published this Spring (2009) by Templeton Press. What these authors have to say has additional meaning today during the current economic rescission, global warming, the scarcity of raw materials, and over-population on Earth...read more
President Kagame of Rwanda Writes in Financial Times about Enterprise Solutions to Poverty, Mentions In the River They Swim
At recent meetings of the Group of 20 and the International Monetary Fund, world leaders have gathered to discuss the global economic crisis. Unfortunately, it seems that many still believe they can solve the problems of the poor with sentimentality and promises of massive...read more
President Paul Kagame's essay “The Backbone of a New Rwanda” quoted in Fast Company article “Rwanda Rising”.
“Fifteen years after the genocide, the small African country has embraced a new model of economic development. Its strategy: Build a global network of powerful friends to lure private investment and market the brand of Rwanda.” ...read more
Book review: In the River They Swim from NextBillion.net
Where does this title come from? Why rivers and swimming? I wondered about these questions as I opened a copy of "In the River They Swim: Essays from Around the World on Enterprise Solutions to Poverty", a new book edited by Michael Fairbanks, Malik Fal, Marcela Escobari-Rose and Elizabeth Hooper...read more
Book Review: In The River They Swim, Fresh Ideas On Fighting Poverty Around The Globe
In The River They Swim” is exactly what is claims to be on its cover, a collection of “Essays from around the world on enterprise solutions to poverty.” This the book is a collection of 29 essays, with some authors contributing more than one essay, with the topics ranging from visions for future entrepreneurship in war torn countries to integrating differing cultures ideas into successful business models...read more
