Articles by Rob Katz
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Wednesday
November 21
2007American Thanksgiving Break – Back on Monday
For those of us in the United States, tonight marks a tradition - the tradition of Thanksgiving traffic.? This is especially true on the eastern seaboard, where air and car traffic get particularly bad as families attempt to gather and celebrate the holiday. So, since NextBillion.net is...
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Wednesday
November 21
2007Acumen Fund Launches New Web Site, Fellows Blog
Time to update your RSS feeds: Acumen Fund has launched a new, RSS-compatible web site (the site is a re-design of their previous effort).? In addition to being syndication-friendly, the new site is rich with stories, photos, videos and lots of dynamic content.? I like how they’ve...
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Tuesday
November 20
2007Are We Making a Difference? Measuring the Social and Environmental Impacts of Small and Medium Ente
Guest blogger Mareike Hussels is Latin America Manager for New Ventures. Prior to joining WRI, Mareike worked with the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), where she was responsible for outreach to financial institutions in Latin America. Mareike pursued her...
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Tuesday
November 20
2007Guest Post: Learning Humility at the BoP Learning Lab
Guest blogger Jocelyn Wyatt leads IDEO’s base of the pyramid design efforts. Before joining IDEO, Jocelyn was a member of the inaugural class of Acumen Fund Fellows. As a Fellow, Jocelyn worked for Advanced Bio-Extracts (ABE), a leading manufacturer and cultivator of artemisinin, a key...
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Monday
November 19
2007Guest Post: The Major Leagues of Microfinance
Guest blogger Matt MacGregor is a second year Masters Candidate at the Fletcher School, studying development economics and international environmental resource policy.? A native of Little Compton, RI, USA, he has consulted on savings-led microfinance programs for Catholic Relief Services in...
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Tuesday
November 13
2007Katherine Fulton on “Acumen’s Moment”
I am in New York City today, attending the 2007 Acumen Fund Investor Gathering.? This annual event is an opportunity for NextBillion ally Acumen Fund to engage its stakeholders - investors, entrepreneurs, partners and supporters - in a discussion of where the fund has been and where it’s...
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Monday
November 12
2007Introducing NextBillion Staff Writer Manuel Bueno
We at the World Resources Institute (which powers NextBillion.net) are pleased to introduce Manuel Bueno as NextBillion.net’s newest staff writer. Manuel Bueno is a staff writer for NextBillion.net. He is currently employed as a Financial Services Strategy Consultant at the Deloitte...
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Friday
November 9
2007Exciting Times in the Base of the Pyramid Movement
It has been an exciting week in the “base of the pyramid” (BOP) world, at least from my vantage point.? From mainstream media coverage of key BOP issues to off-the-radar developments in organizations like Endeavor and Acumen Fund, a lot is going on.? A brief wrap-up: On Sunday,...
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