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Peace Dividend’s P2P Model For Financing Entrepreneurs in Post-Conflict Sudan
Building on microfinance approaches to informal loan markets, Peace Dividend is charting a new course in post-conflict Southern Sudan. Founder Melody Atil says the model directly connects borrowers to lenders through peer-to-peer networks, making it more flexible and with greater potential to operate at a larger scale than donor-funded programs.
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Rewind: A Closer Look Wharton Social Impact Conference
Bart Houlihan, head of B Lab and an expert in what makes a social business and what doesn’t, was an ideal presenter to kick off the The Wharton Social Impact Conference last month. B Lab’s impact-rating system served as the basis for the Global Impact Investing Rating System. Creating "common dictionary" was the buzz phrase for many in attendance.
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Why Hybrid Value Chains Matter
How do numerous stakeholders tap into and leverage the power of the social entrepreneur for social good? Ashoka’s answer is the Hybrid Value Chain. The most interesting aspect of the HVC model isn’t that they tend to work best when the market opportunity is $100 million or above. Rather it’s the "mutually beneficial" relationship that is created.
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Will Prizes Help Fight TB and Other Neglected Diseases?
Global prizes have stimulated breakthroughs in areas as diverse as mathematics, agriculture and space flight - but there is less experience in the global health arena. Now, several advocates have proposed using prizes as a way to spur affordable medical innovations for neglected diseases, including development of tuberculosis diagnostics.
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iuMAP: The Next Level of Micro-credit is Distributor Finance
Many social enterprises focused on BoP customers rely on independent or franchised distributors that also are from poor communities and need financing to cover startup equipment and inventory costs. Given the urgency to scale solutions, finding workable ways to fund distribution systems is a critically important - but difficult - endeavor.
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An Update from the Financial Services for the Poor Team at the Gates Foundation
On November 16 and 17, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation hosted a Global Savings Forum which brought together leading players from around the world. The foundation presented its strategy to provide millions with affordable access to safe places to save.
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Introducing The (BoP) Project: Photojournalism at the Base of the Economic Pyramid
Today I’m thrilled to introduce Jonathan Kalan, whose work in photojournalism is making a genuine, important contribution to the field of reporting and journalism at the base of the economic pyramid.
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NextThought Monday: Pakistan: A Land of Misunderstood Opportunity
I want to show you the greatness of this country, and what can be done to improve it. I’m talking about a different side of Pakistan than you usually hear about, and I want to make sure you distinguish the two in your mind... As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "To be great is to be misunderstood." Pakistan is both.
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