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From the Field: The Livestock Sector
Despite the clear value that livestock offers BoP farmers and producers offer, in Kenya it’s clear there many areas of the sector still could be enhanced. This includes moving toward decentralizing the animal health system, providing insurance to producers and educating livestock producers, all of which present opportunities for BoP ventures.
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Sustainable, Equitable Transportation Policy and the Rickshaw
In cities across South Asia, the ubiquitous rickshaw dominates traffic tangled streets. Yet, solutions to the problem are not as simple as just eliminating the toxic three-wheelers. Integrating new innovations in rickshaw design, manufacturing or upgrading are essential to a pro-poor and environmentally friendly transportation policy.
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- Health Care, Transportation
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NextBillion On Your iPad, Thanks To Ashoka Changemakers, Flipboard
If you’ve got an Apple iPad, then you’ve got access to NextBillion.net in full, clear, tablet vibrancy ... for free. Thanks to our content partner, Ashoka Changemakers, NextBillion has been included in Flipboard, a quickly growing, personalize-able e-magazine that pulls together sources and streams from numerous publications and blogs.
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NexThought Monday: What Makes A ?Social Business City??
Last week at Social Business Forum Asia 2011, The Grameen Creative Lab, named Fukuoka, Japan a "Social Business City." Fukuoka is the second city to receive that moniker, following Wiesbaden, Germany. But what exactly does being a Social Business City mean? I put that question to Daniel Nowack, the project lead for Social Business City Wiesbaden.
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Friday Roundup ? 7/29/11: Happy BDay Open IDEO, Weekend/Summer Reads, Hat Tips for Lawyers
The dog days of summer are upon us, but you wouldn’t know it based on this week’s roundup. It’s a variable potpourri of activity this week. OpenIDEO, is celebrating its first birthday. But instead of kicking back with a well-designed cake and ergonomically pleasing pointy party hats, the offshoot of social design firm IDEO is challenging itself.
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Social Entrepreneurship Takes Off in Brazil
From 2001 to 2009, poverty rates dropped from 35.2 percent of the total population to 21.4 percent. Yet, that still leaves more than 40 million Brazilians below the poverty line. But over the past few years, leading Brazilian-based organizations have been cultivating social or inclusive business models.
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- Social Enterprise
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Guest Post: Why My Classroom is a Startup
I have always dreamt of starting my own chain of low cost affordable schools.That dream motivated me to join the Teach For India Fellowship. My small classroom was without the basic necessities. So my 27 students and I are learning the basics of sustainable business. For me, the students are not only the product, but also the customer.
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- Education
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On Opposite Continents, 2 Individuals Turning Waste Into Wealth
Solid waste management is a serious problem in developing countries like Nepal, as dumping garbage in open spaces causes disease and pollution. Meanwhile, the favelas of Brazil offer few options for sustainable living, but one low-cost, sustainable village is in the planning. Courtesy of ViewChange, two videos explore real ecological alternatives.
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- Education
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- waste
