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Partnerships, Private Sector, Tech Dominate SID
With an international financial system teetering, the Horn of Africa marred by famine, and aid dollars jeopardized by domestic politics, the Society for International Development’s triennial World Congress held in Washington this weekend was in no short supply of substance or imperatives.
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ViewChange Video of the Week: Beyond a Dollar a Day
Pro Mujer, a development organization working with women in Latin America, started out focusing on training. But it discovered that education only goes so far, and began issuing microloans so that women could start their own businesses and improve not only their lives but also the lives of their families.
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INNOVARE or the Phenomenon of the Unprecedented Question
Alejandro Aravena is one of the most internationally successful Chilean architects for his work in ELEMENTAL, a for profit "Do Tank" project with social interests that works on public impact projects at the Catholic University of Chile and COPEC. Aravena did what few can do: focus on asking the right questions to clearly define a problem to solve.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment
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In Next Practice Collaborative, Top Companies Transition To Low-Carbon Future
CK Prahalad described benchmarking corporate performance against tomorrow’s emerging opportunities as ’next practice’. This week, WRI announced the Next Practice Collaborative with a cross-sector group of major companies to examine new business and finance models for low-carbon economic growth in major markets, including Mexico, India and Brazil.
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A Few Things Every Entrepreneur Should Know About Communication
While money, technology and innovation are considered more glamorous and therefore more important, communication is the single most critical factor in the success of any endeavor. I don’t mean the numbing volume of information and opinions from "experts." Communication is a system, and like all systems, it is perfectly designed to produce results.
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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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