Articles by Ana Escalante
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Monday
August 6
2007PCP Model: Project to Meet the Needs of the Missing Middle
I had a very interesting talk last week with Marsha Wulff, the founder and president of Wulff Capital. She has a very interesting idea of opening African markets to business by a Product Commercialization Platform (PCP) model that would enable indigenous development in Africa.Wulff has always...
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Friday
August 3
2007Reminder: BoP Conference Hotel Room Rate to Expire August 9th
August 9th is the deadline to reserve a local hotel room at a discounted rate for the BoP Conference in Ann Arbor from Sept. 9-11. After this date, the guaranteed block of hotel rooms will be released and the special rate will expire. There are only a few days left to reserve a hotel room at...
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Wednesday
August 1
2007Intellecap: BOP-related Jobs and Magazine
Intellecap, a pioneer organization in bottom line investment - Rob has blogged about them before - have postings for a couple BOP-related jobs all across the board.Intellecap is a consulting firm focused on capital advisory for the inclusive finance space and creating and delivering...
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Tuesday
July 31
2007Contest: Innovative, Intuitive and Original Ideas to Explain Micro-Insurance
Usually people at the BOP cannot afford to pay for insurance or health care. When they fall ill, they end up spending all their own money on surgery, doctors? appointments, tests ? they simply cannot afford health care. Micro-insurance offers an alternative approach to this problem. At...
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Guest Articles
Monday
July 30
2007Immigrants Build Houses in Mexico with Remittances- The Case of Construmex
Many immigrants come to work in the US, and when they do, they usually leave family behind. Often, their primary objective is to make money and provide for their families back home. Some companies - like the Mexico-based multinational cement giant CEMEX - are taking advantage of this situation...
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- migrants, remittances
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Friday
July 27
2007New OTF Innnitiative for East Africa Countries
The OTF group has launched a new initiative: The Pioneers of Prosperity Grant and Award Program. A partnership between the OTF Group and the John F. Templeton Foundation of the United States, the competition promotes companies in East Africa and identifies and cultivates local role models that...
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Friday
July 27
2007Promoting Small and Medium Enterprises for Sustainable Development
This week the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) published a brief titled “Promoting Small and Medium Enterprises for Sustainable Development.” I recommend reading it because it gives good ideas and advice to governments, large corporations, and the local...
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Thursday
July 26
2007Nourish International/Full Belly Project Finds Ways of Shelling Peanuts Effectively in Uganda
Every time I would go to the zoo as a kid, my Mom used to buy peanuts to feed the elephants; I would feed them some and eat the rest. I remember it took me a long time to shell the peanuts that I was going to eat, and sometimes I just got frustrated and quit. Many hands are getting a rest from...
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