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Reasonably Big Changes at the Unreasonable Insitute : Disruption is our business, which is why we’re shaking things up
Unreasonable’s aim is to positively impact billions of lives, not thousands. To do this, we need to scale and then scale some more, we need to make sure we continuously improve as an organization to provide the best possible blueprint for the program to be reproduced all over the world. So for the 2013 institute we are working to deepen the quality of our program for those who participate and we’re making a few changes:
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From Lab to Clinic to Patient: The second practitioners’ workshop on Bringing Medicines to Low-income Markets explores the pipelines to access
The “Bringing Medicines to Low-Income Markets” workshop, set for Oct.18-19 in Berlin, is a great way to take the first step toward an inclusive business model in the pharmaceutical market, to expand current efforts, or find a suitable partner.
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THE BIG IDEA: Global Spread of Affordable Housing – Now Available in Spanish: Our e-book with Ashoka is available to download and focuses on solutions in Latin America and the Caribbean
The release of "THE BIG IDEA: Global Spread of Affordable Housing" as an e-book earlier this year, was among the most-read projects for NextBillion and our partner, Ashoka. After receiving many requests for a Spanish version, we are proud to bring it to readers.
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Being the Change…. and Making a Profit: Agora Partnerships is recruiting its largest class yet
Agora has worked with 18 companies over the past two years, some of which operate in the most destitute regions of the Western Hemisphere. Over 70 percent of Agora’s Accelerator class of 2011 received millions in investment, propelling impact companies to an average 80-percent growth rate. With this year’s recruitment effort, however, Agora is getting even more ambitious: expanding from its base in Central America, the organization is seeking out a total of 30 new companies from across all of Latin America.
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NexThought Monday: (With Video) Moving Out of Orbit : Investment in emerging market small businesses is growing, like private space travel, it’s still early days
This is my third trip to the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs’ conference. The shift that I’ve noticed is the steady move from interest to excitement to action, at least on the part of big investors to finance small and growing business. I had a chance to talk with ANDE Executive Director Randall Kempner.
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The $450 Billion Opportunity: Catalyzing Smallholder Agricultural Finance
As population growth and rising incomes create unprecedented demand for food, multinational companies increasingly rely on smallholders to secure their supply of agricultural commodities. As a result, smallholders present a compelling opportunity for buyers, lenders, and other actors in the agricultural value chain. However, smallholder production is often characterized by low yields, low quality, poor linkages, and little access to finance. A Dalberg report released Wednesday called “Catalyzing Smallholder Agricultural Finance” suggests that with increased financing, farmers can improve their yields and products and in some cases double their income.
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Why is it So Difficult to Align Strategy for Social Impact?: Columbia Business School’s 2012 Social Enterprise Conference is Tackling the Question
Columbia Business School’s 2012 Social Enterprise Conference is asking how we can re-frame a rather narrow definition of strategy, and build collaboration within and across sectors to tackle major social and environmental issues.
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After the MFI Collapse, Uniting Financial Inclusion Data in India
To build off previous efforts to unite financial inclusion datasets, MIX, with funding from Citi Foundation, is building an interactive mapping platform to house and present a range of financial inclusion data on India, down to the district level.
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