Articles by Heather Esper
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Thursday
November 11
2010Wrapping Up Net Impact on … Impact
If standards only aim to include output metrics, information elicited by these assessments will only indicate how well the business model operates based on if they performed as planned or not. This kind assessment does not address the larger question of how and potentially, why the business model is helping or hurting individuals.
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Monday
October 18
2010Book Review: The Profit at the Bottom of the Ladder
Jody Heymann?s book, "The Profit at the Bottom of the Ladder: Creating Value by Investing in Your Workforce," examines how to improve working conditions of employees while also increasing a company?s success.
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- employment
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Monday
October 11
2010ANDE Conference Wrap Up: Video Interviews
The second-annual Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) conference wrapped up with several goals for 2011, including plans to launch at least two additional regional hubs, launch a research agenda and hold 2011 annual conference. For more, as well as several video interviews with participants, please read on.
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- Investing
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Thursday
October 7
2010Rounding Up: Metrics Discussions from Many Sources
A look at all metrics-related topics this month: ANDE Annual Conference, IRIS 2.0, BoP Impact Assessment Workshop, and of course, SoCap
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Thursday
September 30
2010ANDE Conference Live: Dr. Rajiv Shah’s Opening Plenary
The 2010 Annual ANDE Conference kicked off with Dr. Rajiv Shah, current USAID Administrator, giving the opening plenary, outlining new focuses for USAID in the small and growing business field.
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- Investing
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Monday
August 9
2010The Role of Local Communities in Base of the Pyramid Business Development
Many ventures engage low income communities during the development of their product. But how can ventures better leverage BoP voices during the stages after development in order to better meet their needs and create greater value?
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- Education
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- academia
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Thursday
June 17
2010Metrics from the Ground Up
I had the opportunity to attend the ANDE Metrics & Evaluation Conference: Metrics from the Ground Up this past week in DC with over 120 others. As an attendee of the last year year’s inaugural event, I was excited to see the progress of the metrics field over the past year, and interested to see if the conversation had shifted at all.
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Thursday
May 13
2010Large Scale Initiatives to Improve Health of the BoP
The Africa Health Fund focuses on increasing access to health related services and goods for Africans, specially the poor, while providing investors with long-term financial returns. While the Advance Market Commitments provides funding to stimulate the development and manufacturing of vaccines for developing countries.
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