Articles by John Paul
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Monday
October 17
2005Announcement: WBCSD online discussion on ’The business of development’ (13-31 October 2005)
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development is hosting a new online discussion on ’The business of development.’ The forum follows in the footsteps of this spring?s online discussion ?Business & Development - What is the right approach?? and will give stakeholders a...
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Wednesday
October 12
2005Google Foundation invests in BOP
Google has announced the creation of a foundation with the explicit goal of ?giving on world poverty and the environment, an unusual move in the world of corporate philanthropy, which usually picks safer causes such as education.? One of the most interesting aspects of the fund is that...
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Friday
October 7
2005New Resources on Nextbillion.net
NextBillion.net is pleased to announce the creation of a new Resources section of the site. Content is organized into five categories:* Featured Content: Research and interviews produced exclusively by the Development Through Enterprise team.* Case Studies: More than 3 dozen case...
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Thursday
October 6
2005New Shell Foundation Report: Aid Reform and the Role of Enterprise
Earlier this year, the Shell Foundation released a report - Enterprise Solutions to Poverty - arguing that enterprise and business thinking must be placed at the heart of the war on poverty if we are really going to “Make Poverty History". Backing its words up, the Foundation has...
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Tuesday
October 4
2005Cheap, but are they marketable?
Two articles about low-cost cell phones were posted to the Newsroom this week. The first talks about plans by the GSM Association’s Emerging Market Handset Program to purchase 6 million of Motorola’s new phones, expected to wholesale below $30. The article mentions several other chip and...
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Wednesday
September 28
2005Sachet Marketing – the Best Strategy?
Trendwatching.com recently posted a good piece on Sachet Marketing, a BOP strategy already being used successfully to sell a variety of consumer products ranging from soap to cell phone minutes. The approach involves serving up products, services and loans in affordable portions, sachets or...
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Wednesday
September 21
2005MNC.org – Meet NGO Inc
All Paths Lead to the BOP, by Jeb Brugmann originally appeared in the September issue of Alliance Magazine.While the media and public discourse has been accentuating the divide between the private sector and civil society, the trend in practice has been towards convergence. NGOs and...
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Wednesday
September 7
2005BOP Database Launched
The Nextbillion.net Team is pleased to announce the launch of our new BOP Activity Database. The Database tracks innovative enterprises that offer products and services to underserved communities in developing countries, and is searchable either by keyword or through a variety of pre-defined...
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