Articles by Bryan Farris
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Thursday
April 15
2010Funding the Small Fish: Association for Development of Pakistan
With a proliferation of small projects and business ideas bubbling up in developing countries, a gap is emerging: the lack of a dedicated donor pool willing to angel fund such projects. Enter the Association for Development of Pakistan, an organization that provides grants in amounts less than USD $10,000 to groups in Pakistan.
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Friday
March 19
2010Vittana March Microfinance Madness: Its Not Too Late!
Vittana.org, a person-to-person micro loan site entirely focused on student loans, recently launched its own tournament: March Microfinance Madness. The idea is that groups form lending teams and compete to see which team can lend the most overall before March ends.
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Tuesday
March 9
2010What Social Businesses are Doing to Fight Terrorism
It is clear that in the long run, the solution to terrorism is to deconstruct the life circumstances that encourage members to join organizations like the Taliban. This is not an easy task, but social entrepreneurs are working diligently to help.
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Saturday
January 2
2010Why You Should Be More Focused on Data Access at the BoP
The digital age has ushered in a new focus: the data economy. It appears as if, once again, developing countries (and especially the poor within those countries) will be left behind. The time is ripe for a significant effort to build mobile applications that deliver information to the BoP. Otherwise, the knowledge gap will only grow.
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