Assessing international organizations’ support to social enterprise

Angela Hoyos and Diego F. Angel‐Urdinola
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Diego F. Angel-Urdinola

Development Policy Review, 2019, vol. 37, issue S2, O213-O229

Abstract: This article takes stock of a sample of interventions and programmes across different countries and regions supported by international organizations to foster the development of social enterprise. The primary objective of the article is to generate a compilation of such interventions and draw some lessons about their potential contribution to the growth and sustainability of the sector. The results indicate that international organizations’ support to social enterprise has focused primarily on the provision of financial resources, notably loans and grants. While programmes remain largely unassessed, the few available rigorous evaluations show that social enterprise has the potential to be a cost‐effective mechanism to deliver basic social services to the poor. The article proposes a set of policy recommendations directed primarily to international organizations and the public administration to improve and enhance their support to the sector.

Date: 2019
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