Articles by Ana Escalante
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Thursday
September 6
2007Executives Sans Fronti?res – Executives Without Borders
Many people are driven to go and work in other countries for some period, especially now that it is easier than before. Traveling and working is an excellent way of learning about the world, gaining first-hand knowledge, and exporting some of our own knowledge. At a personal level,...
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Wednesday
September 5
2007The 100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability
Great inventions have changed our lives and the world dramatically throughout history. For instance, my Mayan ancestors from the Yucatan invented the cero (a.k.a. the zero). Of course there are more mainstream inventions: the light bulb, the telephone, the Internet (thanks, Al Gore) - the...
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Tuesday
September 4
2007Announcement: CatComm’s Community Solutions Database on Education, Skill-building, Business & Econom
Update Deadline Extended: September 28, 2007Catalytic Communities has launched a competition in which participants will help identify creative, community-based solutions to challenges in Education & Skill-building, and Business & Economy. The deadline to post your project is September...
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Thursday
August 30
2007Mobile Plus and FE-Mobile enter the M-Banking and Remittances Phenomenon
Mobile banking seems to be the new way to “bank the poor.” There are a growing number of companies working with these new technologies, some of which have been featured on NextBillion in the past. Schemes vary from those operating with standard in-country banking transactions to...
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Wednesday
August 29
2007Hans Rosling: “Debunking Third World Myths Through Data”
A good friend directed me to the Hans Rosling?s TED talk. I found this video particularly interesting because the way Rosling presents data is very dynamic and viewer-friendly. The animated visualization of data makes it is easier to draw conclusions and see trends. That said, I want to...
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Monday
August 27
2007Announcement: Second Edition of Stuart Hart?s Capitalism at Crossroads Released
NextBillion’s good friend and colleague Stuart Hart - of the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise at Cornell University and Enterprise for a Sustainable World - has recently released the second edition of his book, “Capitalism at Crossroads.” The newly revised edition includes...
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Thursday
August 23
2007Disruptive Innovations in Health Care ? Vote Now!
The “Disruptive Innovations in Health and Health Care” competition from Ashoka?s Changemakers - that Julia blogged about in July - is now in its last stage: the voting! There were about 300 projects that participated in this competition, ranging from microinsurance...
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Thursday
August 23
2007GlobalGiving Decision Markets: Looking for Speculators!
GlobalGiving, the online charity marketplace that we’ve blogged about before, has launched a new “prediction market” online. They are looking for a “master speculators.” Much like eBay’s approach to online commerce, GlobalGiving is changing the way people give. We...
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