Articles by Francisco Noguera
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Friday
May 23
2008Los Siguientes 4 Mil Millones: Tama?o del Mercado y Estrategia de Negocios en la Base de la Pir?mi
I am glad to announce the release of “Los Siguientes 4 Mil Millones: Tama?o de Mercado y Estrategia de Negocios en la Base de la Pir?mide", the Spanish language version of WRI and IFC’s milestone report “The Next 4 Billion: Market Size and Busines Strategy at the Base of...
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Friday
May 16
2008Guest Post: Platform Strategies for Scaling
Guest blogger Francisco Mej?a is a Principal in the Opportunities for the Majority Office at the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), based in Washington DC. He currently leads the preparation of various transactions involving the financing of BoP projects in leading and innovative...
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Friday
May 2
2008Video: Making the Case for Inclusive Business in Latin America
The WBCSD-SNV Alliance?recently?released a fantastic video introducing their?work in the promotion of inclusive?business models across Latin America.Besides profiling interesting models?that bridge the interests of?MNCs and the base of the pyramid, the video highlights the role...
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Tuesday
April 29
2008Job: Gray Matters Capital Foundation, Program Officer
Location: Atlanta, GeorgiaOrganization: Gray Matters Capital Foundation is a charitable arm of Gray Ghost Ventures, a social investment company that seeks to invest in visionary people, with an emphasis on microfinance and education.? Since 1996, Gray Ghost Ventures has worked to foster...
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Wednesday
April 23
2008Bee Stings and Poverty
Last night I read a good piece in the interesting Aguanomics blog. It comes from a recent article related to “The Persistence of Poverty: Why the Economics of the Well-Off Can’t Help the Poor” a book by Charles H. Karelis. I found it thought-provoking and worth sharing with the...
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Monday
April 21
2008Market for Change: Promoting Responsible Outsourcing
I just ran across one great idea (and a great video that explais it), via NextBillion ally Emeka Okafor and his great blog Timbuktu Chronicles. Market for Change was founded in 2007 “to catalyze sustainable economic development and poverty alleviation by creating a thriving, active...
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Friday
April 18
2008First Energy, then Food… is Water Next? A News Roundup
Today’s New York Times front page features, once again, the pressing crisis that has risen from soaring food prices around the world. The debate has found its way to institutions like the UN and the World Bank, who have called for urgent measures to keep the world’s poorest from...
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Wednesday
April 16
2008Guest Post: Glory and Riches? Unraveling Microfinance’s Allure among Young Job-Seekers
Guest blogger Lauren Withey is a research assistant for the World Resources Report at the World Resources Institute, in Washington D.C. By Lauren Withey It used to be that most U.S. college graduates, perhaps after spending a few years testing their penchants for various occupations or...
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