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In the past decade, entrepreneurship has taken the world by storm, and is suddenly viewed as a “cool career” in the United States. To adapt to this change, entrepreneurship programs are booming in US colleges, where enrollments are increasing at a dramatic rate. But few realize that entrepreneurship can’t be learned, simply because startup life is just too messy to be taught in educational institutions. Instead, it takes a broad spectrum of personal experiences to deal with the unexpected, unquantifiable, and unprecedented that awaits you in the entrepreneurial journey. Don’t believe the notion? The Vision: Landing on My Feet is the firsthand account of an American youngster, who relentlessly faced a never-ending series of challenges in life. From childhood setbacks to heartbreaking deprivations and warfare trials, everything helped him build the resilience he needed to build a business empire of his own. No amount of education would have groomed him the way his personal life experiences did. But will he be able to leverage his resilience and sturdiness to make his entrepreneurial dream a reality?
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This book looks into warring Africa and urges a need for a peaceful resolution of wars and a call for joint problem-solving to terminate the slavery of war.
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Adaptive social protection (ASP) helps to build the resilience of poor and vulnerable households to the impacts of large, covariate shocks, such as natural disasters, economic crises, pandemics, conflict, and forced displacement. Through the provision of transfers and services directly to these households, ASP supports their capacity to prepare for, cope with, and adapt to the shocks they face—before, during, and after these shocks occur. Over the long term, by supporting these three capacities, ASP can provide a pathway to a more resilient state for households that may otherwise lack the resources to move out of chronically vulnerable situations. Adaptive Social Protection: Building Resil...
"Published in cooperation with the University of Arizona Southwest Center."