Articles by Nilima Achwal
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Thursday
December 30
2010Best Ideas of 2010: Dead Aid Reminds Us of Our Mission
It should come as no surprise that the Dead Aid prescriptions are market-based, since no economic ideology other than one rooted in the movement of capital and competition has succeeded in getting the greatest numbers of people out of poverty, in the fastest time. -Dambisa Moyo, Dead Aid
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Tuesday
November 23
2010Inspire Business Students to Use Their Skills for Good
Do you want to connect with social enterprises and academics across the world? Get published? Inspire hundreds, even thousands of MBA students to join the social enterprise movement? How about win $1000?
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Tuesday
November 16
2010CSR That Works: Interview with Hindustan Unilever’s former Chairman and MD, Vindi Banga
I had the unique opportunity to chat with Vindi Banga, former Chairman of Hindustan Unilever Limited, Unilever’s $3.9 billion subsidiary in India. Hindustan Unilever’s unique and effective CSR program employed 60,000 women entrepreneurs in villages to sell Unilever products at affordable prices to the base of the pyramid.
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Tuesday
November 2
2010Write Effectively: NextBillion Case Writing Competition Webinar
As part of the NextBillion Case Competition, we are offering an interactive webinar on How to Write Effective Business Cases. It will short, sweet, and full of useful pointers that will catapult you to the $1000 1st place cash prize. If not, it will make you a better writer and communicator anyway.
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Monday
November 1
2010Net Impact: Ways to Profit From Social Change
"The economy is now valuing social outcomes," says Jason Saul CEO of Mission Measurement LLC. So how do we go about creating business strategies for social change? Saul shares a powerful formula during Net Impact conference.
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Thursday
October 7
2010NextBillion 2011 Case Writing Competition: Call for Entries
NextBillion.net is proud to launch its second-annual academic business case competition, NextBillion 2011 Case Writing Competition. Once again, we seek to find the very best business cases describing organizations that use market-based approaches to economic or social development, social ventures. Read on to find out how to apply and get started.
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Tuesday
September 21
2010Impactful Ideas: Update on the G-20 SME Finance Challenge
Recent entries to the G-20 SME Finance Challenge are likely to transform the way that we think about social change, by showing us the immense value in combining the political and legislative power of the world’s leaders and the creativity and ambition of the private sector.
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Wednesday
August 4
2010NextBillion Needs a New Leader
NextBillion has been undergoing some transformative changes. WDI is hiring a new, full-time, managing editor of NextBillion, who will be based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. NextBillion needs a capable leader to foster its growth into a new era. The goal is to make NextBillion the premier spot for BoP coverage around the world.
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