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The Good News from Manitoba: How one provincial government has evolved into a leader in CED policy & programming
(Making Waves, 2004)
Garry Loewen explains how Manitoba has evolved into a leader in CED policy and programming. The party in power is one key factor. Another has been the growth over the years of a local "CED community" from which that ...
Municipal Involvement In Social Enterprise: The Seattle Experience
(Making Waves, 2001)
Seattle, Washington sets a standard for investment in entrepreneurial solutions in the non-profit sector. They have dedicated money and staff for non-profit capacity building because they believe there will be a return on ...
CED & the Social Economy
(Making Waves, 2004)
Venture Capital for Social Enterprise: SCP's Approach to the Social Capital Market
(Making Waves, 2004)
Like any venture capital organization, Social Capital Partners of Toronto has to separate "exciting ideas" from "worthwhile investments." But that's where the similarity ends. SCP is looking for partners with the will and ...
Co-ops, the social economy, and CED in Quebec
(Making Waves, 2001)
Understanding the relationship between CED and the co-operative movement in Quebec
Faith Based Support for CED: God's call for Justice
(Making Waves, 2001)
Karl Polanyi did not look upon the reconstruction of society as primarily a political task that could be achieved by a government with socialist ideas. Reconstruction had to be social.
New Synergies: The Co-operative Movement, CED, and the Social Economy
(Making Waves, 2004)
It is said that "at the core of every co-ops history is an unmet need."
Sectoral Strategies in CED: Critical factors in the success of CHCA & Childspace
(Making Waves, 2003)
Scale and markets notwithstanding, Cooperative Home Care Associates (New York City) and Childspace Day Care Centers (Philadelphia) have plenty to teach Canada's co-operators and other CED activists. Kreiner challenges CED ...
The Challenge In Designing Government Programs For CED
(Making Waves, 2002)
The often sorry record of government in community economic development has important lessons for future CED program designers. Ingrained socio-economic distress requires long-term, multidimensional action. Local people ...
Peak Oil, Marginal Communities, and You
(Making Waves, 2006)
How expensive energy will change community practice.