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Two Microfinance Conferences Set to Take Place in Colombia this Year
The major players of the Microfinance industry will convene in Colombia this year, not once but twice. Two major venues are set to take place in the country quite soon. The first is the Microfinance?as a Tool?for?Peace Building conference, scheduled for next week in Cali and organized by...
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Engineers for Social Impact Fellowships
Attention Indian engineering undergrads: the Engineers for Social Impact (E4SI) fellowship program has opened its annual recruitment process.? E4SI matches the most talented undergraduate students from fifteen elite Indian engineering schools with partner social enterprises that focus on...
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Job: African Enterprise Development Specialists, CARANA Corporation
Position: Enterprise Development Specialists Location: Africa (various countries) Organization: CARANA Corporation, a contractor for USAID, designs and directs innovative economic growth strategies to help countries and businesses compete globally, reducing poverty and raising living...
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Guest Post: Cornell Students Working with Natural Food Products Business in Botswana
We received the following story via e-mail from guest blogger Gretchen Ruethling, a first year Master of Public Administration student focusing on international development at Cornell University. She has worked as a journalist and for an environmental organization and an agricultural research...
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Job: Communications and Development Associate, Endeavor
Position: Communications and Development AssociateLocation: New York, with potential for extensive travelOrganization: Founded in 1997, Endeavor works with High-Impact Entrepreneurs in Latin America, the Middle East, South Africa, and India. High-Impact Entrepreneurs are operating...
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Global Social Benefit Incubator Accepting 2009 Applications
Santa Clara University is known in social entrepreneurial circles for its work helping to organize and judge the Tech Museum Awards ? a showcase for social entrepreneurs, mostly from developing countries. Less well-known about the school is the Global Social Benefit Incubator, run by...
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Google.org Places SME Initiative “On the Back Burner”
Here at NextBillion.net, we believe in the power of small and medium sized enterprises to spur economic development at the bottom of the pyramid.? This idea - one of the core principles of the "development through enterprise" movement that’s gaining steam in business and...
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Job: Grameen Technology Center, Ghana Project Manager
Position: Project ManagerLocation: Ghana ?? AccraTime frame: Full Time, Starting January 25, 2009 Organization: Grameen Technology Center.? The Grameen Technology Center, an initiative of the Grameen Foundation, focuses on technology that makes microfinance operations more efficient,...
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