What business entrepreneurs are to the economy, social entrepreneurs are to social change. They are, writes David Bornstein, the driven, creative individuals who question the status quo, exploit new opportunities, refuse to give up--and remake the world for the better. How to Change the World tells the fascinating stories of these remarkable individuals--many in the United States, others in countries from Brazil to Hungary--providing an In Search of Excellence for the nonprofit sector. In America, one man, J.B. Schramm, has helped thousands of low-income high school students get into college. In South Africa, one woman, Veronica Khosa, developed a home-based care model for AIDS patients that changed government health policy. In Brazil, Fabio Rosa helped bring electricity to hundreds of thousands of remote rural residents. Another American, James Grant, is credited with saving 25 million lives by leading and 'marketing' a global campaign for immunization. Yet another, Bill Drayton, created a pioneering foundation, Ashoka, that has funded and supported these social entrepreneurs and over a thousand like them, leveraging the power of their ideas across the globe. These extraordinary stories highlight a massive transformation that is going largely unreported by the media: Around the world, the fastest-growing segment of society is the nonprofit sector, as millions of ordinary people--social entrepreneurs--are increasingly stepping in to solve the problems where governments and bureaucracies have failed. How to Change the World shows, as its title suggests, that with determination and innovation, even a single person can make a surprising difference. For anyone seeking to make a positive mark on the world, this will be both an inspiring read and an invaluable handbook.

David Bornstein, 一位擅长社会变革题材的作家。他的第一本书《梦想的价值：孟加拉乡村银行的故事》（The Price of a Dream: The Story of the Grameen Bank)获得了Harry Chapin 传媒奖的第二名，并因其在新闻领域的出色表现，入围纽约公共图书馆图书奖。他有多篇文章发表在《大西洋月刊》和《纽约时报》上。

吴士宏，1957年出生于北京。兼满蒙汉血统。初中毕业，后取得成人高考英语大专文凭。曾做过护士。1985年至2002年从事IT行业，曾任IBM、微软、TCL集团高层管理职务。2001年、2002年入选美国《财富》杂志“全球五十位最具影响力职业女性”。2002年退休。现自学、读书、翻译、写作。著有《逆风飞飏》,1999年由光明日报出版社出版.