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The PeaceTXT Proposition: Stopping violence with an SMS
PeaceTXT: a global mash-up of social innovators, software designers and information technologists (to name a few) collaborating on mobile technology’s potential to prevent violence. The collaboration, spearheaded by PopTech, is aiming to create the first broadly available tested methodologies and technical platforms for using mobile phones to disrupt violence and engender more peaceful communities.
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- Impact Assessment, Technology, Telecommunications
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NexThought Monday: Unlocking Intrapreneurship with Language
Intrepreneurship, innovation and corporate social responsibility (along with all their nuanced pseudonyms) are labels for activities and values that are used in order to separate them from business as usual. Of course, the cost of that to business is high, since they have become something separate from the normal life of a corporation, and they shouldn’t.
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Weekly Roundup: Taking a Closer Look at India’s Socent Prowess
There’s little argument that India has become the world’s testbed for both financial inclusion and social enterprise incubator exploration. Two studies that came across the NextBillion transom in recent weeks take a step back to explore the quickly germinating networks underlying both, as well as identify the gaps.
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FEATURED EVENT: Join the 2012 Social Finance Forum ‘Measuring Up’ Webcast
Entering its fifth annual year, the 2012 Social Finance Forum is built around the theme of ‘Measuring up’ and tackles the opportunities and challenges surrounding impact measurement, while exploring what makes a good deal and how existing market opportunities measure up. The two-day conference will feature plenary sessions by national and global leaders in impact investing, exciting announcements, and interactive workshops, and is available via webcast.
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- Impact Assessment
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(With Video) Facing Climate Change By Adapting to It
While the emphasis today is on rescue, recovery and rebuilding efforts from Hurricane Sandy, some East Coast leaders have already begun to raise the tough question for tomorrow: How do we adapt to climate change? In developing countries, this question is a part of daily life. From the Oxfam series, “Climate Change The Hardest Hit,” here are three stories from three continents where low-income people are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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The Best of October on NB: The most-read, most-commented and ‘hidden gem’ posts of the month
After several months on hiatus, I’m glad to reprise our monthly awards for the best of the best on NextBillion for the month gone by. Thank you to all NextBillion contributors and congratulations to our monthly most-read, most-commented and hidden gem posts.
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Incubating Women’s Businesses in Palestine
In recent years, business development and entrepreneurship programs surfaced across the West Bank and Gaza, and suddenly there was an influx of people trying to start their own business to escape the crushing levels of unemployment.
However, many of the programs put in place lacked follow-through. Entrepreneurs were left to sink or swim on their own. The Women’s Empowerment Programs at Tomorrow’s Youth Organization (TYO) based in Nablus, Palestine took a very different approach.- Categories
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Latin America Impact Economy Innovations Fund, An Open Invitation for Proposals: Fundación Avina, Avina Americas, the Omidyar Network and the Rockefeller Foundation are teaming up
Recently, Fundación Avina, Avina Americas, the Omidyar Network and the Rockefeller Foundation joined forces to create the Latin America Impact Economy Innovations Fund. This new fund seeks to support collective actions and a regional market to boost market solutions to achieve social and philanthropic goals, actions to combat poverty and the promotion of the environment. The fund invites all organizations that wish to develop the impact economy to present proposals that seek to add to the growth of the impact investing and inclusive business industry.
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