Articles by John Paul
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Guest Articles
Saturday
May 6
2006The Business Case for Clean Cooking
Every year, smoke from traditional stoves fueled by wood is responsible for 1.5 million deaths. Sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia are particularly affected. Now a new report from the World Health Organization makes the business case for investing in cleaner household fuels. The report...
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Monday
April 24
2006Development without the Dependency
I was just reading through the new issue of Co-Creations, the e-Newsletter by the Kenyan Development Network Consortium (KDNC). Amidst informative articles about sustainable eco-tourism and the current state of ICT development in Kenya is a fascinating piece about the provision of appropriate...
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Friday
April 21
2006Rethinking the Social Responsibility of Business
One of the fundamental principles for business engagement with the ?base of the pyramid? is to take a triple bottom line approach to business model development and evaluation. This approach takes into account environmental and social impacts in addition to ? and in support of ? the...
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Monday
April 17
2006The Race to the Top: Re-Framing Corporate Competition
I was just finishing college in the late 90s when I first heard of the phrase ?race to the bottom?. A few activist friends of mine had arranged a screening of Global Village or Global Pillage, an award-winning documentary that examined the harsh consequences of unchecked globalization. ...
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Thursday
April 13
2006Success at the Intersection of Globalization and the Internet
E-commercehas long been hailed as a means of providing sustainable livelihoods toartisans in developing countries. Historically, these artisans havemarketed their wares directly to local consumers, tourists and toexport markets. To reach these global markets, local artisans have...
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Tuesday
April 11
2006NextBillion.net Nominated for a Webby Award!
We?re happy to announce that NextBillion.net has been nominated for Best Business Blog of 2006 in the 10th Annual Webby Awards! Hailed as the “Online Oscars” by Time Magazine, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence in Web design, creativity,...
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Wednesday
April 5
2006Wringing Profit from the Poor
When I meet people and they ask what I do, I?m often met with a skeptical eye when explaining my promotion of private sector strategies for development. This recent article succinctly describes why. It?s an interview with John Perkins, author of Confessions of an Economic Hit...
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Tuesday
April 4
2006IDB Refines Its Private Sector Strategy
The Inter-American Development Bank?s (IDB) annual meeting opened this week in Brazil amidst violent protests against the agency?s lending practices. Critics contend that the bank’s loans typically help big business, and do little for the masses of Latin American and Caribbean citizens...
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