DAVID BORNSTEIN

El precio de un sueño, publicado por la Universidad de Chicago, es el relato de la sorprendente historia de una exitosa organización para el desarrollo. Fundado en Bangladesh (India) en 1976, el Banco Grameen ha concedido prestamos a mas de dos millones de mujeres. Por medio de una pequeña cantidad de dinero, muchas familias salieron definitivamente de la pobreza. La idea ha sido fuente de inspiracion en varios paises. Las increibles historias explicadas en este libro convencen mas que un tratado de economia. Los paises llamados desarrollados podrian tomar ejemplo de esta iniciativa y liberar de esta manera a los pobres de todas sus ciudades. JILL KERCONWAY El fundador, Muhammad Yunus, no solo ha conseguido exito en su intento, y eso ya es un gran logro, sino que ha modificado con ello el rostro y la ¡dea de lo que antes se consideraba la labor de un banco.

What business entrepreneurs are to the economy, social entrepreneurs are to social change. They are, writes David Bornstein, the driven, creative individuals who question the status quo, exploit new opportunities, refuse to give up -- and remake the world for the better. How to Change the World tells the fascinating stories of these remarkable individuals -- many in the United States, others in countries from Brazil to Hungary -- providing an In Search of Excellence for the nonprofit sector. In America, one man, J. B. Schramm, has helped thousands of low-income high school students get into college. In South Africa, one woman, Veronica Khosa, developed a home-based care model for AIDS patients that changed government health policy. In Brazil, Fábio Rosa helped bring electricity to hundreds of thousands of remote rural residents. Another American, James Grant, is credited with saving 25 million lives by leading and 'marketing' a global campaign for immunization. Yet another, Bill Drayton, created a pioneering foundation, Ashoka, that has funded and supported these social entrepreneurs and over a thousand like them, leveraging the power of their ideas across the globe. These extraordinary stories highlight a massive transformation that is going largely unreported by the media: Around the world, the fastest-growing segment of society is the nonprofit sector, as millions of ordinary people -- social entrepreneurs -- are increasingly stepping in to solve problems where governments and bureaucracies have failed. How to Change the World shows, as its title suggests, that with determination and innovation, even a single person can make a surprising difference. For anyone seeking to make a positive mark on the world, this will be both an inspiring read and an invaluable handbook. It will change the way you see the world. Book Description Published in over twenty countries, How to Change the World has become the Bible for social entrepreneurship. It profiles men and women from around the world who have found innovative solutions to a wide variety of social and economic problems. Whether they work to deliver solar energy to Brazilian villagers, or improve access to college in the United States, social entrepreneurs offer pioneering solutions that change lives.

El libro trata de un fenómeno nuevo que se extiende por el mundo: los emprendedores sociales. Gente que pone toda su experiencia al servicio de proyectos que pueden cambiar radicalmente la comunidad en la que viven y todo esto, sin ánimo de lucro. En Estados Unidos, J.B. Schramm ha ayudado a miles de jóvenes de bajos ingresos a acceder a la universidad: en Sudáfrica, Verónica Cosa, desarrolló un modelo de ayuda domiciliaria a pacientes de SIDA que ha cambiado la política sanitaria del gobierno. En Brasil, Fabio Rosa ha ayudado a llevar la electricidad a cientos de miles de residentes en áreas rurales.