Impact Sourcing: Connecting the World's Poor to Economic OpportunityLeila Janah
This document discusses traditional approaches to charity and business that have failed to meaningfully address global poverty and inequality. It introduces impact sourcing as a new model that combines business and social impact. Impact sourcing employs workers living in poverty to complete digital work, providing a sustainable income while delivering cost-effective services to companies. The document outlines Samasource's impact sourcing model, which has employed over 6,000 workers and generated on average $1,500 per person in income. It argues impact sourcing has significant potential to employ millions of workers and could account for a large portion of the outsourcing industry.
Impact Sourcing: Connecting the World's Poor to Economic OpportunityLeila Janah
This document discusses traditional approaches to charity and business that have failed to meaningfully address global poverty and inequality. It introduces impact sourcing as a new model that combines business and social impact. Impact sourcing employs workers living in poverty to complete digital work, providing a sustainable income while delivering cost-effective services to companies. The document outlines Samasource's impact sourcing model, which has employed over 6,000 workers and generated on average $1,500 per person in income. It argues impact sourcing has significant potential to employ millions of workers and could account for a large portion of the outsourcing industry.