Give Work

Reversing Poverty One Job at a Time

Leila Janah

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Portfolio
15 September 2017

Biography: business & industry; Charities, voluntary services & philanthropy; Entrepreneurship

Leila Janah, a dynamic social entrepreneur, shares the story of how she founded one of the hottest non-profit startups.

Want to end poverty for good? Entrepreneur and Samasource founder Leila Janah has the solution-give work, not aid.

""An audacious, inspiring, and practical book. Leila shows how it's possible to build a successful business that lifts people out of poverty-not by giving them money but by giving them work. It's required reading for anyone who's passionate about solving real problems."" -Adam Grant, author of Give and Take and Originals

Despite trillions of dollars in Western aid, 2.8 billion people worldwide still struggle in abject poverty. Yet the world's richest countries continue to send money-mostly to governments-targeting the symptoms, rather than the root causes of poverty. We need a better solution.

In Give Work, Leila Janahoffers a much-neededsolution to solving poverty- incentivize everyone from entrepreneurs to big companies to give dignified, steady, fair-wage work to low-income people. Her social business, Samasource, connects people living below the poverty line-on roughly $2 a day-to digital work for major tech companies. To date, the organization has provided over $10 million in direct income to tens of thousands of people the world had written off, dramatically altering the trajectory of entire communities for the better.

Janah and her team go into the world's poorest regions-from refugee camps in Kenya to the Mississippi Delta in Arkansas-and train people to do digital work for companies like Google, Walmart, and Microsoft. Janah has tested variousGive Workbusiness models in all cornersof the world. She shares poignant stories ofpeople who have benefited from Samasource'swork, where and why it hasn't worked, and offers a blueprint to fight poverty with an evidence-based, economically sustainable model.

We can end extreme poverty in our lifetimes. Give work, and you give the poorest people on the planet a chance at happiness. Give work, and you give people the freedom to choose how to develop their own communities. Give work, and you create infinite possibilities.

By: Leila Janah
Imprint: Portfolio
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 237mm, Width: 163mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 474g
ISBN: 9780735211896
ISBN 10: 0735211892
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 15 September 2017
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Leila Janah is the founder and CEO of Samasource and LXMI, both ventures focused on using new sourcing techniques to reduce poverty. A Harvard-educated former management consultant, she has been profiled in the New York Times, Fast Company, Wired, Forbes, and Inc. She was named one of Conde Nast's Daring 25 and Elle's 2016 Top Women in Tech, and Samasource was named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies of 2016. She lives in San Francisco. www.leilajanah.com

Reviews for Give Work: Reversing Poverty One Job at a Time

An audacious, inspiring, and practical book about how to drive meaningful change. Leila shows how it's possible to build a successful business that lifts people out of poverty--not by giving them money but by giving them work. It's required reading for anyone who's passionate about solving real problems. --Adam Grant, author of Give and Take and Originals; coauthor (with Sheryl Sandberg) of Option B Living-wage digital work targeted to the world's poorest people is a transformational force for good. Leila's pioneering work in this realm is as instructive as it is inspiring. An essential read! --Reid Hoffman, cofounder of LinkedIn; coauthor of The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age Leila Janah's new book is a call to action to focus on the poor not as passive recipients waiting for charity but as full human beings wanting to solve their own problems. She reminds us through powerful examples that we can all do more to enable human flourishing. And so we must. --Jacqueline Novogratz, CEO, Acumen Leila Janah's journey shows how a passion for bringing people out of poverty, a focus on education and living-wage jobs, and an entrepreneurial spirit can change the world for the better. Give Work is an honest, inspirational guide that every business can follow to create positive social impact. --Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO, Salesforce Give Work is required reading for anyone who wants to make a difference in the world. --Chip Bergh, CEO, Levi Strauss & Co. A provocative book that challenges while offering hope and a big vision for tapping the full potential of the poor in a globally interdependent world. In the process, Leila powerfully points to the possibility of overcoming poverty and unleashing an extraordinary force for good. --Michelle Nunn, CEO, CARE