http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2005/10/06/new-shell-foundation-report-aid-reform-and-the-role-of-enterprise Comments for "New Shell Foundation Report: Aid Reform and the Role of Enterprise" en http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2005/10/06/new-shell-foundation-report-aid-reform-and-the-role-of-enterprise <p>Earlier this year, the <a href="http://www.shellfoundation.org" target="_blank">Shell Foundation</a> released a report - <a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/node/304" target="_blank">Enterprise Solutions to Poverty</a> - arguing that enterprise and business thinking must be placed at the heart of the war on poverty if we are really going to &quot;Make Poverty History&quot;. Backing its words up, the Foundation has established a <a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/1275" target="_blank">$100 million fund</a> to enable Small and Medium-Size enterprises (SMEs) to scale throughout Africa.<br /><br /> In its newly released follow-up report, <a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/node/1482" target="_blank">Aid Reform and the Role of Enterprise</a>, the Shell Foundation shows how the aid industry can finally put poor country entrepreneurs at the centre of the fight against poverty. The report's author and Shell Foundation director, Kurt Hoffman (who was <a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/node/1474" target="_blank">interviewed</a> by Nextbillion.net in July), explains:<br /><br /><br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2005/10/06/new-shell-foundation-report-aid-reform-and-the-role-of-enterprise">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2005/10/06/new-shell-foundation-report-aid-reform-and-the-role-of-enterprise#comment Thu, 06 Oct 2005 17:21:30 -0400 John Paul 1483 at http://www.nextbillion.net