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HarVa: Harnessing the value of Rural India
In an era where enterprises working at the BoP are busy finding their niche, a start-up named HarVa comes along with its sector agnosticism and pretty much says that they will do anything that harnesses the value of rural India.
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ViewChange Video of the Week: Burning In the Sun
An entrepreneur decides to return to his homeland in Mali and start a local business building solar panels - the first of its kind in the sun-drenched nation. Burning the Sun tells the story of Daniel’s journey growing the budding idea into a viable company and of the business’ impact on Daniel’s first customers in the tiny village of Banko.
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- Energy, Environment
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Going to See ’To Catch A Dollar’? Tell Us What You Think
Tonight - March 31 - and only tonight, the curtain will go up on the documentary, To Catch a Dollar, in movie theaters around the United States. The film documents the travels of Muhammad Yunus as the Nobel Laurate spreads the word on microfinance - not in Bangladesh, India or Asia - but here ... in America.
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Inclusive Business and CSR ? How To Grow Local Innovation Clusters? Reflections From Cali
Do concepts like ’base of the pyramid’ and ’Inclusive Business’ really enter into the mainstream practice of businesses located in or close to poor communities? Do local business leaders really care about the "endless opportunities" that academic thought-leaders proclaim? Or do they smell another buzzword storm and continue with business as usual?
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Guest Post: The World Bank Group, Palm Oil and Poverty
Despite the media focus on the palm oil "debate", which pits proponents of "development" against environmentalists, many voices in private, public, and civil sectors have noted the potential of the palm oil sector to contribute to poverty reduction. The World Bank Group should aim to achieve and measure poverty reduction, not palm oil investments.
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ANDE?s 2010 Impact Report Charts A Growth Course
Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) released its second annual impact report today, which highlighted the growth of the small and growing business (SGB) sector with the launch of new 31 funds looking to SGBs in emerging markets, in addition to the impact of their 110 members on the sector.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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From Inventions to Ventures: NCIIA?s 2011 Open Minds Showcase
Last weekend, dozens of teams took part in National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) Open Minds showcase. NCIIA was established in 1995 with support from the Lemelson Foundation to advance experiential learning for technology innovation and entrepreneurship on university campuses and classrooms. Several teams focused on the BoP.
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Hart: Next-Gen BoP Requires a Green Leap
Anyone who has read his work or had the pleasure of speaking with Stuart Hart knows he has clear views on what is green and what it isn’t. Hart co-edited the book, Next Generation Business Strategies for the Base of the Pyramid and contributed a chapter, "Taking the Green Leap to the Base of the Pyramid." He explains what clean tech really means.
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