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Drafting a Plan for Impact Sourcing: Identifying the Key Initiatives to Scale and Sustain Impact Sourcing
Thirty-one experts from all over the world involved in the Impact Sourcing sector wrestled with this intriguing and challenging question over five days at the Bellagio Impact Sourcing Conference. The five-day conference was convened by the Rockefeller Foundation and facilitated by the William Davidson Institute last month at the foundation’s conference center in Bellagio, Italy.
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NexThought Monday: Our Top 5 Tips for BoP Marketing: What are yours?
Inspired by discussions at the Hystra’s Marketing Innovative Devices to the Base of Pyramid as well as our own extensive experience in marketing life-changing products to the BoP, here at Living Goods, we thought it was high-time we shared our Top 5 Tips for BoP Marketing. Like any good list, we hope it sparks a vibrant discussion...
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Weekly Roundup – 10/12/13 : Answering the Call: A Big Response for Cases Lifting the BoP
More than 50 entries from 34 universities in 15 countries.That’s the top line tally of those answering the call for the 2014 NextBillion Case Writing Competition, which recognizes and publishes the best-written case studies about business strategies aimed at alleviating poverty, especially in the developing world.
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Exploring the Role of Venture Capital in Latin American Economic Development: Dalberg, IDB study assesses VC’s social impact
In advanced economies, it’s easy to see the positive impact of venture capital: Facebook, iPhones and FedEx packages all came from companies that were once venture-backed. But can venture capital also help fight poverty or spur social and environmental well-being in the developing world? Dalberg explored this question in a study commissioned by IDB on the impact of venture capital in Latin America.
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- Education, Impact Assessment, Investing
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FEATURED EVENT: The BoP Global Network Summit 2013
Join the first BoP Global Network Summit and learn more about the practices that are revolutionizing the world economy and changing the lives of thousands in BoP communities around the world. The summit takes place Nov. 7-8 at the Natura Convention Center, Cajamar - São Paulo, Brazil.
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Just How Healthy Are Impact Investments in Health?: Building a new set of metrics to evaluate health firms, and how you can shape them
A new partnership aims to help investors by determining which health care companies are having the biggest impact. They’re setting up ways to measure success, and they need your help.
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Microfinance in Africa: The importance of women
MicroLoan Foundation has been making small loans, accompanied by business training, for more than ten years now - and they have only ever targeted these services to women. Mike Warmington, the organization’s Head of Operations, explains why and how they’re focusing on women in their efforts to reduce poverty at the BoP.
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MovingWorlds Founder: Why we need a Match.com for Social Entrepreneurs
Derk Norde, who co-founded the BiD Network, believes even more than funding, social entrepreneurs need professional networks. He co-founded MovingWorlds, which matches volunteer professionals (AKA: "experteers”), with organizations and social enterprises.
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