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Friday Roundup ? 2/18/11: A Special Offer for NB Readers from SOCAP/Europe
NextBillion is a proud media partner for SOCAP/Europe set for May 30-June 1. And this week Kevin Jones, a principal at Good Capital and co-founder of SOCAP, lets us know about a special early bird registration available for the NextBillion Network (AKA: You).
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Through SGBs, Entrepreneurs Are Transforming the Developing World
Small and growing businesses (SGBs) are key to long-term poverty eradication. More and more investors are realizing that they can reap financial rewards as well as social and environmental impacts by investing in them. Our upcoming Impact Report will share research that demonstrates that in 2010 alone, 31 new funds targeting SGBs were launched.
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Impact Investment Forum Series: The Dilemmas of Inclusive Business Investments
What happens in a scenario of economic recession, when investors leave to find safer securities and venture capital funds become scarce? In this scenario, unemployment rises, along with the need for entrepreneurship, and the gap between the rich and poor grows. This is when the social impact of inclusive businesses is even more critical.
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Finding a Match for Social Impact
ProInspire, an organization building the next generation of leaders for the nonprofit sector. Its flagship program, the Inspire Fellowship, recruits business professionals with 2-5 years of experience and matches them with enterprises focused on social impact. The organization is now seeking applications for its 2011 Inspire Fellowship.
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WDI Hosting Global Summit on Educating Entrepreneurs
The intersection of international development, government agencies, microlenders and academics is an extremely crowded one. The William Davidson Institute hopes to help direct some of that traffic by convening the Global Summit on Educating Entrepreneurs, bringing together developers of many stripes to coordinate with and learn from one another.
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Hapinoy Is An Open Source Model for Low-Income Markets
Through its network of suki stores, Hapinoy is able to offer other products and services that do not currently reach the BoP market. The founders liken Hapinoy to the iPhone. As the iPhone is an open-source platform for apps created by outside programmers, Hapinoy is a distribution vehicle for products to the BoP developed by social entrepreneurs.
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Why Inclusive Growth is Critical for Economic Success in Brazil’s BoP
Racial and gender inequity, sex tourism, cultural tourism, and economic opportunity form a complex intersection in Brazil, though it is one that is shifting. Upgrading labor market access through transportation, education and social policies - and this has already begun. But can Brazil’s tourism industry be shifted to perpetuate greater equality?
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Awakening a ’Sleeping Giant,’ Microfranchise as a Distribution Platform
Hapinoy is an example of a conversion franchising model that attracts existing, independently-owned businesses to a standardized network. The company negotiates bulk product purchases via supplier contracts with Nestle and Unilever, among others. Products are purchased in bulk and distributed via ’Hapidelivery’ to a network of community stores.
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