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New NB Roles for Lall and Kendall, the Best of April ’Deviants’ and All
We recently announced several changes to the NextBillion team. In fact, with Francisco Noguera moving to the role of staff writer and a host of new scribes joining, there was too much news for one post. I’d like to take a few graphs to make a few more editorial announcements. Plus - the top-read NB posts for April. Was there wisdom in the crowds?
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Not Just Good or Bad … But Making It Better: Ideas to Impact
The conversation around BoP ventures should not be about whether to launch them, but how to build better ones, WDI Research Fellow Ted London told attendees at UC Berkeley’s Ideas Impact (I2I) - a collaborative event with the Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC) last month. He provided three stages to drive BoP venture development.
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Beyond Payments – Experiences From Mobile Money Pilots
Since M-PESA cracked the market for payments in Kenya, mobile money is a global development dream: New technology enabling the poorest communities to join in modern commerce. As financial inclusion moves beyond credit, mobile banking should go beyond payments, suggests a report by PlaNet Finance and Oliver Wyman. A look at some key findings.
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Balancing a Three-Legged Stool – Collaborations to Achieve Social Impact
The theme of last month’s Skoll World Forum, "Large Scale Change - ecosystems, networks, and collaborative action," mirrors the trend to move beyond the traditional philanthropic approach of scaling high-performing social entrepreneurs toward a focus on synergy within and across sectors.
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Unlocking Opportunity for SMEs Through Innovative Training
Have you ever found yourself dozing off in class or at a workshop? Most of us can relate to this and know the phrase ?death by PowerPoint.? So why continue to teach or train in this way? And entrepreneurs and farmers will struggle just as much, if not more, to learn via this method. Learn how one group is tackling this issue head-on.
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Sankalp 2011: A Guide to What’s in Store at India’s Largest Social Investor Summit
Sankalp 2011, India’s largest social investment summit will take place in Mumbai between May 5-6, bringing together over 150 investors, 400-plus enterprises and several prolific thought leaders in the development and responsible business space. This year forum goes global with two forums lined up later in the year to be held in Africa and the USA.
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- Social Enterprise
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NexThought Monday: Thanking Veterans, Welcoming New Faces
NextBillion is and always will be a work in progress - whether it?s the user mechanics of our site, the design or the content. Our writers are no exception. So, change happens. Today, we want to welcome some new NextBillion staff writers, but also honor editors/writers who have contributed mightily to the success of NextBillion over the years.
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Friday Roundup: Gratitude and New Challenges
This Friday Roundup is the last post I’ll publish as Managing Editor of NextBillion.net. I would like to thank the NextBillion community at large, but especially those whose trust and advice have allowed me to make a contribution over the last few years.
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