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Online Microfinance Loan Guarantees: The Model of United Prosperity
United Prosperity is a young non-profit that turns social investors into social guarantors through an ingenious tweak to the standard P2P microfinance model. This approach increases the capital invested and can build self sufficiency in the local economy by creating formal relationships between MFIs and commercial banks.
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Inventors and Innovators – Aligned with the Poor
I spent the latter part of the week at the annual conference of the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) in San Francisco. In this post I’ll highlight some of the most interesting teams and trends - then I hope to get into the question of the role of American engineers in base of the pyramid innovation.
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And the Granada Declaration Was Signed…
I’m back home in Washington after one of the most exciting trips I’ve made representing NextBillion. Granada was spectacular and the ANDE Latin America Conference stood out in ways much more than a few.
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Notes from Granada: A Different Kind of Conference
Far from the traditional panel format that assumes some people know and others listen, the ANDE Conference’s format has striked me as engaging and action oriented.Here’s how it worked yesterday: The day got started with a keynote presentation from Randall Kempner ...
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From Costa Rica to Nicaragua: Capturing Day 1 at the ANDE Latin American Conference
It’s a warm, yet breezy evening in Granada, Nicaragua. From Parque Central, a central reference point for most visitors, the soft backdrop of music and laughter can be heard dripping from the patios. I have just made my way back to the small family run hotel where I stay after a more than just a busy day at ANDE’s Latin American Conference.
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ANDE Goes to Nairobi (and E+Co Was There!)
As Diana Hollmann reported yesterday, the maiden investment management training organized by Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) in Nairobi in the first week of March 2010, gathered at least 15 participants from four continents and nine countries. This was an incredible platform which afforded participants an opportunity to share...
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Miami Social Enterprise Conference: Why It Mattered
While I find my way to one of the oldest cities in the hemisphere, I open up my notes to share some impressions of what I saw in Miami, why I thought it was an important step for the region’s social enterprise movement and how it ties to what will be further discussed this week in Granada.
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Notes from ANDE’s First Investment Officer Training in Kenya
"I hear, I forget; I see, I remember; I do, I understand"This quote by Confucius was written on the back of our name tags and was also the underlying principle at the inaugural Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) investment officer training this March.
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