ICS Seminar Series

Social enterprise has emerged since the 1990's as a prominent focus of 'development.' In higher income countries it is part of 'regional development' or 'regeneration,' creating labour market integration for the hard to reach and filling gaps in welfare services. It has also emerged as an academic discipline in its own right. In lower income countries however, as an emergent part of international development discourse, social enterprise has been conflated with microfinance, corporate social responsibility, 'business at the bottom of the pyramid' and public private partnerships – all of which converge in the conception of 'inclusive business.'...(see webpage for full)