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Chinese Activity in Africa, Part 2: The Path of Least Resistance
This post is the second in a two part series exploring China?s role in Africa?s development. Part 1 focused on the breakdown and impact of African exports to China, and Part 2 focuses on the role of China?s investment and imports into Africa.Investment It is no surprise that most...
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Two Ideas for SEKN – The Social Enterprise Knowledge Network
The Social Enterprise Knowledge Network (SEKN) brings together a number of Latin America academic institutions interested in exploring the concept of social enterprise and market-based solutions to poverty. Last week the network convened for a research colloquium in Harvard Business School to...
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Announcing LGT’s Venture Philanthropy Fellowship Program
If you have between 2 and 5 years of professional experience, a strong interest in social enterprise/ venture philanthropy and a desire to spend 10 months working for organizations in Latin America, Africa or Asia, please read on. The LGT Group is the asset management group of the Princely...
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Guest Post: What Defines a Base of the Pyramid Business?
Guest blogger Monica Touesnard is the Managing Director of the Base of the Pyramid Learning Lab, a program of the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise at the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. She is currently working to expand the scope and reach of the BoP...
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eHealth: Transforming Global Healthcare Delivery
I’ve been spending the week at one of a series of 8 conferences on eHealth, brainstorming with other entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, health informatics specialists, and policy experts. The setting could hardly be more lovely--the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio center looking down...
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A Heretic in Our Midst
Last month, the Silicon Valley Microfinance Network cosponsored “Microfinance West: The Investment Opportunity Conference.” This event, which brought together some of the leading commercial players in the microfinance field, was heavily geared towards institutional and retail...
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What Gets Measured Gets Done: Analyzing the WBCSD’s New Tool
Many of us in the base of the pyramid community, myself included, often wonder, “is this business really making a social impact?” Sure, there are real indicators of success, but what action drove that particular outcome? As I ponder the social impact of business, I’m reminded of an...
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Guest Post: Harnessing and Harmonizing: Making Natural Resources and Markets Work for the Poor
Guest blogger Lauren Withey is a research analyst working on the World Resources Report at the World Resources Institute. She is a contributing writer to the newly-released World Resources 2008 - Roots of Resilience: Growing the Wealth of the Poor.By Lauren WitheySofia Begum never imagined...
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