Articles by Rob Katz
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Tuesday
April 7
2009Portfolios of the Poor: How the Poor Live on Less Than $2 a Day
The Financial Access Initiative (FAI) - a consortium of development economists funded by the Gates Foundation - is at the forefront when it comes to financial research for base of the pyramid markets. I have long admired the work of Jonathan Morduch and Sendhil Mullainathan, two of FAI’s directors.
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Saturday
April 4
2009Nominate (or apply to be) a 2009 Pop!Tech Social Innovation Fellow
You know you want to be a Pop!Tech Fellow. Or you know someone who will want to be.Either way, now’s the time to act. The 2008 Fellows were a great bunch - including base-of-the-pyramid innovators like Husk Power Systems, Por Fin Nuestra Casa, Mobile Metrix, Ushahidi.com and more. Think you have what it takes to join this select company?
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Thursday
March 26
2009Serving the Missing Middle, ANDE Marks its Official Launch
The Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs launched today at the Skoll World Forum. Finally, a trade association for the rest of us. The fact that ANDE brings $750M in collective funding - and a $1M innovation challenge fund - to the table demonstrates its seriousness.
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Wednesday
March 25
2009Video Games for the Next Billion?
In an Associated Press article posted yesterday, Qualcomm announced its backing of a videogame startup targeting BoP markets. I heard about it in an e-mail from my father, who wrote under the subject line "tacky! tacky! tacky!".While my first instinct was to agree with his assessment, I’ve been thinking about it more and more.
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Tuesday
March 24
2009Eco-Friendly Innovations at the Base of the Pyramid
Q: What’s yellow, green and seen all over?A: The bright yellow, solar-powered ambulances of Ziqitza Healthcare (1298), an ambulance company serving low-income customers in Mumbai and Kerala, India.The solar ambulances are one of ten "Eco-Friendly Innovations" featured in a new photo essay on Forbes.com.
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Thursday
March 19
2009Call for Papers: Impact of Base of the Pyramid Ventures
The "Impact of Base of the Pyramid Ventures" conference will be held November 16-18, 2009 in Delft, the Netherlands. The organizers have just released a call for papers. Abstracts are due May 15; full papers are due July 15.
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Friday
February 27
2009Welcome to the New NextBillion.net
About six months ago we began working on the redesign of NextBillion.net. We’ve listened, brainstormed, tested, re-tested, built, re-built... and today we’re pleased to introduce the new version of NextBillion.net. Read the rest of the article to get a preview of what’s new. We hope you like it and look forward to hearing what you think!
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Thursday
February 19
2009Job: Innovative Finance Position, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
Position: Innovative Finance Role Location: Geneva, Switzerland Organization: The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)’s mission is to reduce malnutrition through the use of food fortification and other strategies aimed at improving the health and nutrition of populations at...
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