Articles by Francisco Noguera
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Monday
April 14
2008World Challenge 2008: Nominations Accepted Until May 31st
Now in its fourth year, World Challenge 08 is a global competition aimed at finding projects or small businesses from around the world that have shown enterprise and innovation at a grass roots level. The competition seeks social entrepreneurs who are making a difference without costing the...
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Monday
April 7
2008A Digital Alladin’s Lamp for the BoP?
A new wave of Internet connectivity for the BoP is under way by means of making the Web audible.Internetspeech has developed a technology that makes the Internet accessible over the phone. That’s right. Just a phone line and your voice; no keyboards, no screens and no literacy...
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Thursday
April 3
2008Executive Development Program: “Inclusive and Sustainable Business: Creating Markets with the Poor”
The World Bank Institute is hosting an executive development program titled “Inclusive and Sustainable Business: Creating Markets with the Poor", aimed at business executives interested in the design of business strategies with the BoP. The curriculum includes various interesting...
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Tuesday
April 1
2008What Goes from Capital Markets to the BoP
Two stories have got me thinking about capital markets and their interaction with the BoP. The first one involves a State Minister of an industrialized country announcing funding for a project to create a “social stock market". The second one features 12,500(!) new shareholders of a...
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Wednesday
March 26
2008Job: Associate – SeaChange Capital Partners
Position: AssociateLocation: South Norwalk, CTOrganization: SeaChange Capital Partners is an entrepreneurial nonprofit finance firm established by former leaders of Goldman Sachs. Our mission is to enhance the flow of growth capital from wealthy donors to select high-performing...
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Tuesday
March 25
2008A Call for Action in Latin America
Today’s main headline in the online version of El Tiempo, Colombia’s largest newspaper, reads as follows: “Government abandonment and malnutrition ramble in Choc?, where 17 children starved to death"In a couple of hours, another headline will replace Choc?’s tragedy...
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Tuesday
March 18
2008Continuing the Conversation on Scale: Strategic Alliances to Leverage Existing Capabilities
Moses’ last week post raised the very interesting discussion about the concept of scale in BoP business models. I enjoyed the read and, while I agree with his thoughts?about --and answer to-- the what is scale question, the article made me move on to one of my current research subjects,...
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Wednesday
March 12
2008On Talent Building: Goldman Invests in Ten Thousand Women
Who better than two remarkable female leaders to quote?introducing Goldman Sachs’ recently launched 10,000 Women program?"Creating more female entrepreneurs in developing and emerging economies satisfies all the requirements of smart development: the benefits will multiply far...
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