Articles by Scott Anderson
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Friday
August 12
2011Friday Roundup ? 8/12/11: ROI on Rainwater
"Imagine if your family had to spend a month’s income just on clean water?" That’s what many of Guatemala’s poorest families face, as tap water isn’t drinkable and bottled water isn’t affordable. RainSaucers recently conducted a field trial in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala to find out if families would invest in rain collecting devices to save money.
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Thursday
August 11
2011NextBillion Staff Updates: A Goodbye (Sort Of), a Few Hellos
I’m both happy (and a bit sad) to announce several NextBillion staff changes. First, we are bidding a fond farewell to Nilima Achwal, who has accepted Villgro Fellowship and is leaving her editor role with NextBillion. I’m also excited to announce a new editor role for Heather Esper, and to welcome Rose Reis and Devanik Saha as staff writers.
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Friday
August 5
2011Friday Roundup – 8/5/11 – ?Everything is a Remix?
We often confuse innovation with invention. But nothing is ever original; any innovation is just remix of things that came before and reassembled. Our staff and guest writers had a lot to say about innovation this week, both in terms of conceptual thinking around creating something new and regarding concrete innovations to reduce poverty.
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Monday
August 1
2011NextBillion On Your iPad, Thanks To Ashoka Changemakers, Flipboard
If you’ve got an Apple iPad, then you’ve got access to NextBillion.net in full, clear, tablet vibrancy ... for free. Thanks to our content partner, Ashoka Changemakers, NextBillion has been included in Flipboard, a quickly growing, personalize-able e-magazine that pulls together sources and streams from numerous publications and blogs.
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Monday
August 1
2011NexThought Monday: What Makes A ?Social Business City??
Last week at Social Business Forum Asia 2011, The Grameen Creative Lab, named Fukuoka, Japan a "Social Business City." Fukuoka is the second city to receive that moniker, following Wiesbaden, Germany. But what exactly does being a Social Business City mean? I put that question to Daniel Nowack, the project lead for Social Business City Wiesbaden.
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Friday
July 29
2011Friday Roundup ? 7/29/11: Happy BDay Open IDEO, Weekend/Summer Reads, Hat Tips for Lawyers
The dog days of summer are upon us, but you wouldn’t know it based on this week’s roundup. It’s a variable potpourri of activity this week. OpenIDEO, is celebrating its first birthday. But instead of kicking back with a well-designed cake and ergonomically pleasing pointy party hats, the offshoot of social design firm IDEO is challenging itself.
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Friday
July 22
2011Friday Roundup ? 7/22/11: The Price to Pay to End Poverty
Charles Kenny, a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development, this week has a fascinating column in Foreign Policy magazine that placed a price tag on ending ’absolute’ poverty: $100 billion. (That?s just $24 billion more than Apple?s current cash on hand, incidentally). How could it possibly be this low?
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Thursday
July 21
2011The Citi Foundation’s ’More Than Philanthropy’ Approach Explained
Pamela P. Flaherty is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Citi Foundation, which is NextBillion’s first Sponsoring Partner. She also serves as director of Corporate Citizenship for the company. She spoke with NextBillion about the Foundation’s approach to fighting global poverty through enterprise initiatives.
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