Articles by Rob Katz
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Friday
August 25
2006BOP Learning Lab India
The BOP Learning Lab, an on-the-ground research project run through Cornell?s Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise, will soon have an Indian arm. NextBillion ally Reuben Abraham (photo) reports on his Zoo Station weblog: I have a joint appointment with the Cornell Center for...
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Friday
August 25
2006Commitment to (Private Sector) Development
How do you determine a country?s commitment to international development?? I wouldn?t know where to start, but thankfully, researchers at the Washington, DC-based Center for Global Development have published an index to help us sort it out.? The Commitment to Development Index, published...
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Wednesday
August 23
2006Oasis or Mirage?
Many of you have noticed that Professor Aneel Karnani’s post, Mirage at the Bottom of the Pyramid, has remained at the top of NextBillion.net’s home page for the last 48 hours or so. This is no technical glitch - the moderators made an editorial decision to let it stick there for a day...
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Monday
August 14
2006Artisans and Open Source: PeopLink and CatGen
PEOPlink is a non-profit organization that trains and equips grassroots artisan organizations all over the world to market their goods directly to customers over the Internet ? thereby minimizing the impact of middlemen and maximizing return to the artisan. CatGen is a related open-source...
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Monday
August 14
2006Micro Venture Capital: Nicaragua’s Agora
We?ve already profiled Aavishkaar, the Indian micro venture capital fund that works with entrepreneurs whose capital needs are between $50,000 and $500,000 ? too much for traditional microfinance but too small for commercial VCs. Now Aavishkaar has a counterpart in Nicaragua ? Agora...
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Thursday
August 10
2006Summer Reading Series: A Swing Through Amazon
Yesterday, I recommended a back issue of IDBAmerica; today, I?m piggybacking on conventional wisdom to determine my book recommendations. I am an infrequent Amazon.com user, but I am sold on their community-driven recommendation feature. You know what I?m talking about ? if you click on a...
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Thursday
August 10
2006Will Bureaucrats Ruin Microfinance?
A column in today?s New York Times suggests Indian microfinance institutions might soon be subject to regulations, such as interest rate caps, that would force them to dramatically reduce or even halt operations. Why must governments see the private sector only as a threat, and never as a...
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Wednesday
August 9
2006Summer Reading Series: IDB America
I don?t know how I managed it, but I burned through my summer reading list in record time earlier this month.? Perhaps it was a week spent on vacation in Northern Michigan; maybe the heat has kept me inside more than usual.? In any case, I figure folks might be wrapping up their own summer...
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