ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the unique nature of social entrepreneurship in developing countries as well as its similarities to and shared characteristics with this field in other parts of the world. It does so by examining four examples, involving nine countries on three continents, which represent different missions, funding models, and organizational structures. The chapter offers a few international examples of social entrepreneurship. There is much to be said about, and learned from, the variety of ways that people in developing countries approach this subject and its practice as well. The chapter explores "unconventional" approaches to social entrepreneurship from developing countries around the world. These countries face challenges, some of them unique, and others more severe versions of those experienced by developed countries. The depth and scope of the social problems found in developing countries are not the only challenges to effective social entrepreneurship there.
