Articles by Nathan Wyeth
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Friday
January 15
2010Weekly Roundup: Stand with Haiti
Even for a blog that concerns itself with the everyday struggles of people in often desperate poverty, the situation in Port-au-Prince makes summarizing this week’s new research reports and events seem trivial. So: how to connect immediate humanitarian needs with the inclusive development Haiti has needed for so long?
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Thursday
January 14
2010The Customer is Always Right – Especially at the Base of the Pyramid
GiveWell, a charity-rating organization, has raised questions about whether providing microcredit or selling a good product to the poor is enough to demonstrate social impact. But GiveWell’s methodology is hard-pressed to evaluate market-oriented development approaches and it illustrates what patient capital can do that "charity" does not.
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Friday
December 18
2009Weekly Roundup: Trickle-Up Innovation, and More
When innovation happens at the base of the pyramid and then moves to more wealthy markets - is that moving up? Going in reverse? Or is there a better way to look at it. On the same note, sometimes what is at the periphery of the global economy assumes central importance - like microfinance in Afghanistan. Plus, new events and opportunities.
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Thursday
December 17
2009Copenhagen Climate Summit: Shaping Adaptation Finance
I want to pick up where Rishabh left off in his post yesterday on adaptation to climate change. Assuming that the tens and then hundreds of billions of dollars in "climate financing" for the least developed countries materializes, of which half might be earmarked for adaptation, a robust discussion is needed on how best to use those dollars.
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Friday
December 11
2009Copenhagen Climate Summit: The Missing Billions
This week and next, I and then Rishabh Kaul will be at the U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen to cover any relevant news and events. Except when discussed as victims of climate change, the people at the base of the economic pyramid are largely invisible in the negotiations. This is a huge problem for both the poor and for the negotiations.
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Friday
December 4
2009Weekly Roundup: Ripples Across the Arabian Sea
Water innovation spreads from India to East Africa, MFI’s contemplate housing finance, and January deadlines for upcoming opportunities cloud MBA holiday plans.
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Thursday
November 26
2009Weekly Roundup: $500k for Clean Energy in India, and More
I’ll add to Francisco’s Thanksgiving post to say thank you to NextBillion’s readers. Also, give thanks for challenges, prizes, and some links to good thinking and good works.
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Saturday
November 14
2009Weekly Roundup: Nokia Releases New Phones, Nobody Sleeps Overnight on 5th Avenue to Get Them
In the past two weeks, Nokia announced a new line of inexpensive phones, expansion of its Life Tools service from India to Indonesia, and the upcoming rollout of Nokia Money. The development community should be treating its product releases more like the wealthy public treats the release of a new iPhone.
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