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Thinking About the Box – Not Just Outside of It
’Think outside of the box’ is one of the most clich?d expressions in English. But when’s the last time we actually defined the box? In her book, Poverty Capital: Microfinance and the Making of Development, Cal-Berkeley Professor Ananya Roy not only defines the dominant boxes of development, but unpacks their paradoxes, hypocrisy, and absurdities.
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Moving Impact Investing from Niche to Mainstream, While Protecting the Mission
Is impact investing a tool to keep good-doers busy or a tool to transform the world? The Economist’s Matthew Bishop put this question to a panel of impact investing professionals at SOCAP/Europe. Unsurprisingly, the panel’s unanimous answer was: Impact investing is here to change the world, but first there are key decisions to settle.
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What Does It Take to Build a Market? (An India Session @ SOCAP Europe)
How big can impact investing become? When looking for an answer (and hoping to find an encouraging one), it?s best examine a big country - like India. That’s precisely what did McKinsey and Omidyar Network did. The two organizations presented a BoP market study at SOCAP/Europe revealing a bullish outlook despite latent demand.
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Why Should Your Company Engage the BoP?
Why do corporations engage with the base of the pyramid? There appear to be several distinctly different answers to this question. My conversations with corporate leaders hoping to pursue social impact and new market growth in BoP markets reveal a frequent lack of clarity about not just how to do it, but more importantly, why they should do it.
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What Contests, Soda, and the Internet Have to do With Distributing Solar Power in Tanzania
Angaza, a runner up in the 2010 Harvard Social Enterprise Pitch for Change Competition, is an enterprise aiming to illuminate the world through modular solar home lighting and battery charging systems. Building on success and challenges of others, we studied a broad range of distribution models to avoid challenges that befall many social startups.
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SOCAP/Europe Kicks Off With Notes of Change
Netherlands Princess M?xima, herself Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development of the Secretary General of the United Nations, kicked of the SOCAP/Europe conference. She was followed by panelests noting the first wave of social entrepreneurship was driven by charismatic individuals, the second wave will be driven by collaboration.
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Friday Roundup ? 5/27/11: Segmenting the Layers of the BOP, Watch Out SOCAP/E’s Live Stream
BoP critics argue that the definition of the Base of the Pyramid, especially in terms of income and/or buying power, is far too mailable. Is it $3-$5 a day, $1-$3 a day, or $1 or less a day? The answer is yes, according to the authors of ?Segmenting the Base of the Pyramid? appearing in the June issue of the Harvard Business Review.
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SOCAP/Europe Preview: Measuring What Matters
At SOCAP/Europe taking place next week in Amsterdam, the panel ?Measuring what Matters? will shed light on measurement challenges, opportunities and latest developments in the metrics harmony. GIIRS and Keystone Accountability will share interesting insights from their cutting-edge initiatives.
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