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Not Enough Cooks in the Kitchen: The health impact of SE Asia’s shift toward processed food
Home cooking used to be the norm for most Southeast Asian households. But now, in many urban communities, the falling price and increased availability of packaged and street food is making home cooking less attractive. The trend presents numerous health risks, and this post from Ashoka Changemakers’ Nutrients for All campaign explores some solutions.
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- Health Care
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- nutrition, public health
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‘Slum Tourism’ for Impact?: Reality Tours couples education and social change
Besides the goal of providing visitors with a deeper understanding of India’s largest slum, Dharavi, Reality Tours has also dedicated 80 percent of its profits (about 30 percent of gross revenues) for social projects. Most of these resources are used by Reality Gives, a sister organization that performs social projects focused on the community’s youth. These include providing classes in art, English, computing, vocational training, skill development and personal health programs.
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- Impact Assessment
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Tech for Impact: Rapid advances in health care, education and design powers Village Capital India cohort
In mid-April, we launched our 18th Village Capital program, “Tech for Impact,” in partnership with CIIE (the Center for Incubation, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship) at IIM-Ahmedabad. We received about 400 applications from across India from entrepreneurs building technologies that provide affordable basic services to the poor, and have high growth. Here are some of the themes we’re seeing from the top innovators in India.
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- Technology
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- incubators
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FEATURED EVENT: TBLI CONFERENCE comes to America
TBLI (Triple Bottom Line Investment) CONFERENCE™ is the prime annual global networking and learning event on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and Impact Investing. The theme for 2013 is: "Rethink the Past and Move On"
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Where Does Innovation Meet Scale?: Leveraging cross-sector collaborations to expand impact
How can the innovation of the social enterprise sector meet the scale of the World Bank, USAID, the United Nations, or emerging market governments? This collision has the potential to create new systems, shatter old ones, and ultimately make us more effective and efficient at delivering products and services to the poor. Blair Miller explores some promising cross-sector collaborations - and the opportunities they signify for social enterprise.
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- Health Care, Social Enterprise
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- public health
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NexThought Monday: How Africa’s prosperity can grow … from trees
if Africa hopes to sustain its impressive economic growth and reign in the impacts of climate change, the continent needs to leverage agroforestry’s dual economic and environmental benefits on a larger scale. Attendees of the World Economic Forum on Africa this past week know that the continent’s economic success depends on private sector participation. But corporations also have a major role to play in boosting the continent’s economy and solving the world’s forestry woes through the field of agroforestry.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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April’s Most Popular Posts on NB
This month, our top three most-read articles examined how companies are succeeding in reaching out to consumers at the base of the pyramid, as well as a sharp critique of one of those models. Here are the April winners of the “NextBillies,” our monthly awards for the most read and most shared posts. Congratulations to all!
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Full of Sound and Fury: But does America’s Medicaid debate signify anything for global health? Bi-weekly Checkup (5/10/13)
As BoP countries seek to improve health outcomes and increase access to care, there are a lot of questions about what’s the most workable approach. Unfortunately, in the U.S., a recent study on the effectiveness of public health insurance has produced a lot more heat than light. We take a look at the controversy, along with other posts you might have missed, in NextBillion Health Care’s Bi-Weekly Checkup.
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- Education, Health Care
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- public health, research
