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Pushing the Boundaries of Health Care Localization: Feb. 5 TweetChat to explore the increasingly disruptive role of technology in serving low-income populations
Is it true that global solutions cannot be created to tackle local problems? Not necessarily.
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NexThought Monday: Coffee Talk (and Action): Sustainable Harvest’s Griswold on supply chain empathy and what’s brewing for smallholder farmers
The drive toward transparency and “empathy” has been David Griswold’s mission since creating Sustainable Harvest, a seller of fair trade coffee to the likes of Green Mountain and Whole Foods. This mission to inject more symmetry into the business has served Sustainable Harvest well. In 2013, the company closed $70 million in global sales. He spoke with NextBillion about what’s next.
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- Agriculture, Education
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Weekly Roundup 1/25/14: Oxfam’s 85 richest study, dissension in Davos and short ladders to income equality
Oxfam stole the show before the globalists at Davos could even step on the world stage this week at the World Economic Forum. Its new report says that the world’s 85 richest people control as much wealth as the poorest 3.5 billion people. But that’s not the whole story.
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Health Care by Subscription in India: Sevamob offers clinics, insurance in low-income communities
Sevamob offers customers preventative care and regular checkups, delivered to their doorstep, for $1.60 per month. For an additional 80 cents per month, subscribers can opt for a basic insurance plan.
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- Environment, Health Care
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Building an India-Africa Pipeline Part 3 : Six exciting expansions to add to your watch list
In our ongoing series with NextBillion, we have explored the Africa-India Innovation Transfer and shared our insights on the startup ecosystem from expanding Sankalp Forum into Africa. In our third article in this series, we’re profiling six pioneering organizations that will expand across the regions in the near future. We hope these expansions and the resulting knowledge will form a foundation for others to build upon.
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- Social Enterprise
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“It is high time for mobile network operators to transform”: The CEO of Eko, on bridging the bank/telco divide
There is no love lost between banks and telcos in many countries. But Eko has found a way to leverage the strengths of both to bring needed banking services to underserved customers. In Part 5 of our Mobile Money Movers series, Eko CEO Abhishek Sinha discusses his company’s unique branchless banking model, and the need for telcos to evolve - perhaps by emulating Facebook.
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The Implications of Scarcity for Microfinance: Grameen Foundation’s Alex Counts, on how understanding scarcity’s impact can improve microfinance practices
Behavioral economics could transform international development, says Grameen Foundation CEO Alex Counts. In some cases, it may reaffirm current practice. In others, it could suggest that these “best practices” are counter-productive. In this thought-provoking post, Counts explores the implications of scarcity for microfinance, when looked at through a behavioral economics lens.
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- Education
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Matching Your (Potential) Impact with Employers: Building a CV and cover letter on the edge
If you are interested in building a career in the field of Impact Business gaining work experience is key. Imagine you have found the perfect job for you in this space: Now, what will you do to ensure you put forward the best application possible? We have gathered some tips that will add the ‘edge’ to your application.
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- Education, Social Enterprise
