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Can social entrepreneurship help attain sustainable development goals: a study of India

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  • Sanchita Bansal
  • Isha Garg
  • Anshita Yadav

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This paper attempts to understand, analyse and interpret the role of social entrepreneurs towards sustainable development. The paper significantly contributes to the existing literature by evaluating the government's policy framework with respect to social entrepreneurship from the perspective of sustainable development goals (SDGs). The paper also discusses the origin and evolution of social entrepreneurship in India. The paper uses data from various government, non-government and international agency sources for attaining its research objectives. The paper concludes by recommending the policy inputs in respect of social entrepreneurship for ensuring sustainable development in synchronisation with the Sustainable Development Goals.

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  • Sanchita Bansal & Isha Garg & Anshita Yadav, 2020. "Can social entrepreneurship help attain sustainable development goals: a study of India," World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 16(2), pages 172-186.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:wremsd:v:16:y:2020:i:2:p:172-186
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    1. Bingyan Tu & Roni Bhowmik & Md. Kamrul Hasan & Ahmed Al Asheq & Md. Atikur Rahaman & Xia Chen, 2021. "Graduate Students’ Behavioral Intention towards Social Entrepreneurship: Role of Social Vision, Innovativeness, Social Proactiveness, and Risk Taking," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(11), pages 1-23, June.

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