Articles by Scott Anderson
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Guest Articles
Friday
October 21
2016Scott Anderson / Kyle Poplin / James Militzer
Weekly Roundup: A 1,030-Enterprise Survey, a Cuba/U.S. Collaboration, and a ‘Big Bet’ Primer
An expansive survey of social enterprises, a new health care collaboration between some old Cold War rivals, and an ambitious exploration of the challenges of "big bets" in philanthropy highlight this week's roundup of social business and global development news.
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- Agriculture, Education, Health Care, Social Enterprise
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Interviews
Wednesday
October 19
2016On the Podcast: What’s next for the Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership? An Interview with CEO Mark Gunton
In the latest NextBillion Podcast, we chat with Mark Gunton, CEO of the Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership. This is a pivotal time for CGEP, as its connection to the Clintons has brought intense scrutiny from the media and politicians during this presidential campaign. In our wide-ranging discussion, Gunton discusses the election's potential impact on CGEP, and talks about its approach to scaling enterprises, some mistakes it made early on, and his concerns about how social entrepreneurship is practiced today.
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- Agriculture, Social Enterprise
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Friday
October 14
2016Kyle Poplin / Scott Anderson / James Militzer
Weekly Roundup: $5 Beats Free, SunFunder Rises, and Asia’s Investors Love Impact
Why it's not crazy for a global health organization to refuse free vaccines, where the world's most socially conscious investors live, which major funder might be planning to alter some old investment restrictions, and what's needed to support the Sustainable Development Goals. That and more; it's all here in our Weekly Roundup.
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- Health Care
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Friday
October 7
2016Kyle Poplin / James Militzer / Scott Anderson
Weekly Roundup: Preventing Zika, Improving Microfinance and Percolating Progress
It’s not too early to start thinking of creative differential pricing strategies that might help poor people afford a Zika vaccine; it's not too late for microfinance to regain some of the allure it's lost in recent years; and the time is just right for East Africa to up its coffee production game. Read all about these items, and more, in our Weekly Roundup.
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Guest Articles
Friday
September 30
2016Kyle Poplin / Scott Anderson / James Militzer
Weekly Roundup: PSI for Profit, a Slowing ‘Pulse’ in Africa and Medical Tourism on Steroids
The non-profit Population Services International (PSI) announces the launch of a for-profit business in India, sub-Saharan Africa braces for "the lowest growth in more than 20 years," and Obamacare generates some unintended – and potentially exciting – consequences. We discuss these and other issues in our weekly roundup of social business and global development news.
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- Health Care, Investing, Social Enterprise
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Friday
September 23
2016Scott Anderson / James Militzer / Kyle Poplin
Weekly Roundup: Ending Disease, Growing Coffee and (Still) Distrusting Bankers
In our Weekly Roundup, we suggest that despite what you might see on Facebook, finding cures in laboratories is the easy part of healing the planet; we celebrate the buzz around relationship coffee; and we give readers one more reason to distrust bankers (and we're not even talking about Wells Fargo).
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Guest Articles
Thursday
September 15
2016Scott Anderson / James Militzer
Live from SOCAP, Thursday
A recap of Day 3 at SOCAP16, with more Facebook Live interviews and an inside look at some interesting conversations about terminology and trust.
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- Social Enterprise
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Guest Articles
Wednesday
September 14
2016Scott Anderson / James Militzer
Live from SOCAP, Wednesday
Team NextBillion – Scott Anderson and James Militzer – is reporting from SOCAP16 in San Francisco, conducing a series of Facebook Live interviews, attending sessions and meeting some of the many "doers" in attendance at the world’s largest conference on social enterprise and impact investing.
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- Social Enterprise