How to Grow a Social Business. Fixes looks at solutions to social problems and why they work.
In Tuesday’s column, “When Microcredit Won’t Do,” I wrote about microconsignment, a way for village entrepreneurs to sell innovative and important products for which there is no established market — such as solar lamps, water purifiers, stoves and reading glasses — without having to take on debt. Instead, village women are given the products and the training to sell them. Flore Vasseur Blog.