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Helping Rural Farmers Avoid Financial ’Shocks,’ Build Profits
In many developing countries, the everyday well-being of the poor is profoundly tied to ups and downs of the harvest. In rural Ghana, where Yale University Economist Chris Udry runs his CFSP research project, this is especially true. Udry explains how his research might help rural farmers in developing countries manage the everyday risks they face.
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The Next Phase of Storytelling
Storytelling is one of the most powerful tools we have to create empathy, raise capital and connect people. Those who travel back and fourth from the slums of Kenya to the conference halls of Aspen are seen as the carriers of these stories. My current work leads me to ask: What are my responsibilities as a storyteller?
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- Technology
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A Closer Look At Ashoka’s Urban Housing Challenge (With Video)
Ashoka’s Changemakers launched a global competition in November, 2010 - Sustainable Urban Housing: Collaborating for Liveable and Inclusive Communities. For months this online competition provided a dynamic platform for discussion and collaboration. By spring 2011 the panel of judges had the incredible task of selecting the following three winners:
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For Piramal Fellows, Innovation Comes Naturally
The Piramal Fellowship for Sustainable Business is an opportunity for aspiring business and community leaders to engage where business and social impact meet. Fellows are placed in leadership roles with for-profit ventures designed for social and environmental change. As the organization recruits its next class, two fellows share their experiences.
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- Education, Environment, Impact Assessment
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NexThought Monday: Are We Measuring? Too Much?
’Impact assessment’ has become a mantra across much of the social entrepreneurship and impact investing scene. Are we measuring enough? The right thing? In the right way? Or, maybe... are we measuring too much?
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Friday Roundup ? 7/22/11: The Price to Pay to End Poverty
Charles Kenny, a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development, this week has a fascinating column in Foreign Policy magazine that placed a price tag on ending ’absolute’ poverty: $100 billion. (That?s just $24 billion more than Apple?s current cash on hand, incidentally). How could it possibly be this low?
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View from Brazil: Challenges and Opportunities for Accelerating Social Businesses
Cooperation with different stakeholders and support for the people behind the businesses. Those were the main recommendations of the ’Challenges and opportunities for accelerators and incubators’ panel held on June 29 by Fundaci?n AVINA, Ashoka and the Walmart Institute.
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The Citi Foundation’s ’More Than Philanthropy’ Approach Explained
Pamela P. Flaherty is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Citi Foundation, which is NextBillion’s first Sponsoring Partner. She also serves as director of Corporate Citizenship for the company. She spoke with NextBillion about the Foundation’s approach to fighting global poverty through enterprise initiatives.
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