Articles by Jenara Nerenberg
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Monday
February 9
2009President Obama and the NextBillion.net Agenda for the Base of the Pyramid: Part 2
There has been a lot of buzz about new models of foreign aid and the role of social entrepreneurs since our post on President Obama and the NextBillion.net Agenda for the Base of the Pyramid. Guest blogger Apoorva Shah also shared some great points about the important actors in aid reform,...
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Monday
January 19
2009President Obama and the NextBillion.net Agenda for the Base of the Pyramid
Not much has been written here on NextBillion.net about the election of Barack Obama to the American Presidency, as our news scope centers on base of the pyramid approaches to development in developing countries. However, I felt compelled to link the two together as we near Inauguration day...
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Thursday
January 8
2009Prospects of Kiva’s Activities in Asia
NextBillion left off in 2008 with Rob’s post about Kiva and I’ll pick up in the new year where Rob left off.? I recently sat down with Matt Flannery, Founder of Kiva, to chat about BOP Source and Kiva’s work in Asia. I wanted to share a brief update on the latter and point you to...
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Wednesday
December 3
2008A CNN for the Base of the Pyramid?
I have always been fascinated by citizen journalism and the power of media when put in the hands of the people. On this topic, I came across Channel 19 recently, a venue for the base of the pyramid in India to film and screen their own news stories, or in Jessica Mayberry’s words, to create...
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