Articles by Lauren Abendschein
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Tuesday
January 16
2007Good for the MNC, Good for the BOP – Global Alumina to Open Major Mining Operations in Guinea
The BBC reported yesterday that Global Alumina ? a Canadian-listed corporation ? has partnered with the US-sponsored African Development Foundation (ADF) to structure a triple bottom line approach to mining in Guinea. The small West African country is among the poorest in the world, but it...
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Friday
January 12
2007BOP Activity Update: Fair Trade, Social Marketing, Microfinance
The four newest organizations in the activity database have remarkably different business models for engaging with the BOP, yet they all do so successfully. Equal Exchange has shaken up traditional distribution chains and created value by cutting out multiple intermediaries and sharing risk...
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Thursday
January 11
2007Behavioral Economists Target the BOP
When it comes to marketing to the BOP, the challenges go well beyond simply finding a product or service that is useful. Successful organizations have spent years refining their models before finding an effective way to reach the poor as consumers. Those organizations that have found innovative...
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Wednesday
January 10
2007Major Investments Open New Markets for Water Services
WaterHealth International (WHI) has recently attracted over $11 million in venture capital from investors including Dow Venture Capital, ICICI Bank, Plebys International LLC, and SAIL Venture Partners, L.P.. WHI provides innovative business solutions to one of the world’s most desperate...
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Wednesday
January 10
2007NESsT ? Teaching NGOs to Serve the Poor Sustainably
It?s a classic non-profit problem: organizations find themselves bowing to the needs of their funders rather than their constituents. And of course, there is never enough funding. NESsT is taking an innovative and holistic approach that helps nonprofits increase their long-term viability and...
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Monday
January 8
2007Community Engagement Spurs Innovative Program for Day Laborers
Montgomery County in Maryland is struggling with community backlash from efforts to provide employment structures and services to day laborers. According to yesterday?s Washington Post, city officials are hoping to eventually alleviate the tension by training workers to run their own...
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Thursday
January 4
2007Outsourcing the Outsourcing ? Profits for People?s new idea for rural India
Taking a page from Thomas Friedman?s The World is Flat, a group of business students in India are piloting a new idea to share some of the data processing wealth of India?s urban centers with its villagers. The team, Profits for People (also known as ProGreen), has developed a model whereby...
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Tuesday
January 2
2007Harvard Social Enterprise Conference 2007
Harvard Business School will be holding its annual Social Enterprise Conference on March 4th. So far there are 17 tentatively scheduled panels including topics such as: Microfinance; Global Healthcare; and The Mobile Phone Revolution. Speakers include Cheryl Dorsey, President of Echoing Green,...
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