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Social Innovation as a Promoter of the Welfare: The Case of One Dollar Glasses in Brazil

Social Innovation as a Promoter of the Welfare: The Case of One Dollar Glasses in Brazil

Luísa Cagica Carvalho, Adriana Backx Noronha Viana
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 10
ISBN13: 9781522579373|ISBN10: 1522579370|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781522592112|EISBN13: 9781522579380
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7937-3.ch001
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Carvalho, Luísa Cagica, and Adriana Backx Noronha Viana. "Social Innovation as a Promoter of the Welfare: The Case of One Dollar Glasses in Brazil." Global Campaigning Initiatives for Socio-Economic Development, edited by Luísa Cagica Carvalho and Maria José Madeira, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7937-3.ch001

APA

Carvalho, L. C. & Viana, A. B. (2019). Social Innovation as a Promoter of the Welfare: The Case of One Dollar Glasses in Brazil. In L. Carvalho & M. Madeira (Eds.), Global Campaigning Initiatives for Socio-Economic Development (pp. 1-10). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7937-3.ch001

Chicago

Carvalho, Luísa Cagica, and Adriana Backx Noronha Viana. "Social Innovation as a Promoter of the Welfare: The Case of One Dollar Glasses in Brazil." In Global Campaigning Initiatives for Socio-Economic Development, edited by Luísa Cagica Carvalho and Maria José Madeira, 1-10. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7937-3.ch001

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Abstract

Although there is already much literature on innovation, the term social innovation is still relatively recent and underexplored. Social innovation refers to ideas, actions, and new or improved knowledge with the goal of overcoming the social needs in several areas of cooperation and participation. This influences the improvement of welfare, mainly through some regional projects that diagnose high priority needs of the most vulnerable population. This chapter aims to discuss the influence of social innovation in the improvement of daily life and presents a case study of the project one dollar glasses in Brazil. This project was developed initially by the German researcher Martin Aufmuth, who designed the production of resistant glasses with a lower cost. Renovatio in Brazil delivers about 12,000 glasses and covers a gap of ophthalmologists (85% of municipalities in Brazil don't have this specialty) and the access to this fundamental product.

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