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Friday 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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Impact Across the Developing World: TechnoServe’s 2010 Annual Report
In 2010, TechnoServe assisted 2,770 businesses across more than 30 developing countries. These businesses employed 40,300 people and bought products from 270,800 small-scale producers. Behind each of these numbers is a story of change.
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Mumbai Forum Addresses Challenges to Scaling Up Clean Energy Access in India
Given the large potential market for clean energy services, what’s preventing the industry from taking off and reaching the people that need it most? New Ventures India and CDF-IFMR recently convened a forum with industry stakeholders including investors, renewable energy CEOs and regulators to address scaling clean energy products with the BoP.
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NextBillion 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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ViewChange Video of the Week: Community Enterprise In India
The Gram Mooligal Company Limited in India is owned entirely by rural villagers who gather and cultivate medicinal plants. Its work promotes sustainable harvesting, while connecting villagers into the supply chain of larger herbal companies.
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Telefonica and Inclusive Businesses: Interview with Alberto Andreu
Many firms are dabbling in various ways in initiatives related to inclusive businesses, social entrepreneurship, and social innovations. The challenges they face range from scope, process of forming partnerships, funding, and adjustments in the organizational structure. Telef?nica is a company that has focused strategically on these topics.
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Low Maintenance, Low Cost, X-Runner Redefining the Toilet
X-Runner, a social venture based in Germany and India that has designed a low-cost mobile toilet suitable for urban slum households. The portable, low-water toilet is made of light-weight PPC material and costs $30 per unit. Included in that cost is a home service to remove the waste and deliver it to local biogas plant for eventual biogas use.
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InVest in a Small Business, See Your Impact – In Real Time
InVenture, founded by former financial analyst Shivani Siroya, melds the P2P website model - one of the founding pillars of Kiva- with investing in SMEs in the developing world. You can go on the InVenture site and invest as little as $25 in an SME in the developing world and receive constant updates on your business’ progress and social impact.
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