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Body Parts on Demand: Will 3D printing spark the next revolution in BoP health care? (Bi-Weekly Checkup, 6/22/13)
They can make everything from guitars to custom-designed bikinis. Now 3D printers are being used to produce complex medical devices. Could 3D printing technology create a new manufacturing model at the BoP, with local products produced for local needs? We discuss the possibility in NextBillion Health Care’s Bi-Weekly Checkup.
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- Health Care
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Corporate Aid or Colonialism?: The G8’s New Alliance sparks debate over big businesses’ role in fighting poverty
The New Alliance, started by the G8 last year, has the ambitious goal of lifting 50 million people out of poverty. It has mobilized billions of dollars in private sector investment in African agriculture. But that investment comes with a few strings attached.
Is it a worthy effort to strengthen weak value chains, or a profit grab that marginalizes smallholder farmers?- Categories
- Agriculture
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Lights! Camera! Impact!: Social enterprise lessons from the Café Impact Studios
We balance the heady sense of tackling huge problems with the heartbreaking smallness of knowing our work matters, but never enough. We cannot know everything, but we know enough to realize that we are happiest in motion, not in contemplation.These are the big thematic lessons gleaned from 10 new social change videos from Café Impact, a de facto laboratory in social entrepreneurship formerly known as iOnPoverty.
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- Uncategorized
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How to Train 150 Million: The National Skill Development Corporation’s ambitious plan to remake India’s workforce – part 1
The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) is a unique public-private partnership in India. Its mission is to skill 150 million Indians by 2022, by catalyzing the creation of vocational training institutions through joint ventures with the private sector. In part 1 of this Q&A, Dipra Mukhopadhyay, a member of the NSDC’s core investment team, discusses the program’s challenges and potential.
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- Education
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Talent is Key: (With video) Omidyar Network shares lessons learned from the impact Investing field (Pt 4)
At Omidyar Network, our first insight was about the value of seeking strong and experienced for-profit investment professionals. Our early impact investing efforts were executed occasionally by foundation staff accustomed to only making grants; it was difficult in such circumstances to execute on for-profit, venture-oriented deals. Omidyar Network Managing Partner Matt Bannick touches on the critical role of talent in impact investing.
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- Impact Assessment
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Talking Condoms and Global Health: Firdaus Kharas’ innovative approach to health behavior change
Behavior change is often called the holy grail of global health promotion. Everyone recognizes its promise in preventing illnesses and injuries, yet it is vastly difficult to accomplish - particularly on a global scale. But acclaimed producer/director Firdaus Kharas believes he’s found an effective approach, which he describes in this interview (with video).
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- Health Care
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A Flexible Toolkit Increases Your Impact: (With video) Omidyar Network shares lessons learned from the impact Investing field (Pt 3)
No matter what structure you use to do impact investing- whether a stand-alone fund, a foundation, or a family office – you likely have access to a broader toolkit than you think. Luther Ragin, Jr., CEO of the Global Impact Investing Network, applies this concept of flexibility to the private foundation world. He disagrees with the idea that foundations are so inherently limited that they cannot engage a full financial toolbox.
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- Impact Assessment
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May’s Most Popular Posts on NB
This month’s most popular posts examined the expansion of solar business in India, a recent report by Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship and new ideas in impact assessment.
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- Energy, Impact Assessment
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- solar
