Articles by NextBillion Editor
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Wednesday
June 4
2014Roadblocks to Bridges: How municipal governments, NGOs and companies can unlock inclusive cities
Ultimately, municipal governments must lead in making investment and policy decisions that support all urban citizens. Urban planners, multilateral organizations, NGOs, and academics are natural contributors; indeed, as highlighted in the examples by Dalberg researchers, some of them have already begun to help.
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Friday
May 30
2014EMERGE: The Forum on Consumer Financial Services Innovation: Join CFSI June 4-6 in Los Angeles
Since 2006, the Center for Financial Services Innovation and American Banker have hosted hundreds of leading players from the financial services industry at their annual forum. This year’s conference, EMERGE: The Forum on Consumer Financial Services Innovation, will be held June 4-6 in Los Angeles. It will provide opportunities to network, generate new ideas, and advance innovations in the financially underserved market.
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Monday
May 12
2014FEATURED EVENT : TBLI Conference USA – May 29-30
TBLI CONFERENCE USA 2014, invites asset owners, asset managers as well as socially responsible investing specialists and service providers to participate in a rich program on current trends, opportunities and challenges in the impact investing space, is set for May 29-30.
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Thursday
March 27
2014Featured Event: Sankalp Unconvention Summit 2014: There’s still time for NB readers to register at a discount
Sankalp Unconvention Summit 2014 is set for April 9-11 at Hotel Renaissance, Powai, in Mumbai. NextBillion is serving as a media partner for this year’s summit, and there’s still time for NextBillion readers to register by using the discount code: NXTBSUS. The summit is the flagship event of Intellecap’s in-house initiative, Sankalp Forum, a platform for social entrepreneurs.
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Sunday
March 23
2014NexThought Monday – On World TB Day: Like other business models, tuberculosis control needs a complete, patient-centric solution
Whether it is mobile phone service or vacation travel, good businesses know that success depends on providing a complete and customer-centric solution. So why should patients with tuberculosis be denied a complete solution that is similarly patient-centered? After all, millions are affected and a large market at the base of the pyramid remains unserved.
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- Education, Health Care
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Friday
March 14
2014The 5th Annual Impact Conference at Sustainatopia: One of the world’s largest impact investing conferences to be held in Miami, April 16-18, 2014
Sustainatopia is one of the world’s largest events for social, financial, and environmental sustainability, drawing over 350 speakers and hundreds of attendees from 40 countries. Its Impact Conference will feature some of the top names in impact investing and social enterprise. As a media partner, NextBillion will provide extensive coverage and interviews with several key speakers.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment, Investing, Social Enterprise
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Friday
February 14
2014Weekly Roundup (2/14/14): The Kiva Debate
If you were reading NextBillion this week, you probably couldn’t help but notice - and perhaps get drawn into - a debate over Kiva. It started with Hugh Sinclair’s NexThought Monday post, and continued with Kiva’s response. Today, NextBillion’s editors explain why we published this controversial post, and why we believe the ensuing debate was worth having.
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Wednesday
January 29
2014Kids and Money: Watch the replay of our Google Hangout with Jeroo Billimoria, founder of Child and Youth Finance International (and eight other social enterprises)
Pioneering social entrepreneur Jeroo Billimoria is the founder of several award-winning international NGOs, and is perhaps best known for her work promoting financial capability among young people. She joined NextBillion Financial Innovation via Google Hangouts for a fascinating Q&A.
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