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Small-scale social-environmental enterprises in the green economy: supporting grassroots innovation

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  • Heather Creech
  • Leslie Paas
  • Gabriel Huppé Gabriel
  • Vivek Voora
  • Constance Hybsier
  • Helen Marquard

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To achieve a top-to-bottom growth of the “green economy”, incentives and enablers need to be identified for those micro enterprises working at the grassroots level. A three-year study of 1,300 social and environmental enterprises in developing countries reveals how they are developing new products and services for their communities, using new business models. But their scale-up is hampered by lack of access to research and technology support and gender barriers, as well as challenges with complex partnerships, progress monitoring, and financial viability. A large pool of innovative ideas remains untapped and an opportunity to build a sustainable economy is being missed.

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  • Heather Creech & Leslie Paas & Gabriel Huppé Gabriel & Vivek Voora & Constance Hybsier & Helen Marquard, 2014. "Small-scale social-environmental enterprises in the green economy: supporting grassroots innovation," Development in Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(3), pages 366-378, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cdipxx:v:24:y:2014:i:3:p:366-378
    DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2014.899561
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