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Best Idea(s) of 2010 from the MENA region
It is not easy to pinpoint what made the biggest impression on me this past year... The MENA region has seen several major and exciting events in the development through enterprise arena.
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Best Ideas of 2010: Bringing Change to the Bottom with Change at the Top
If poor governance in places like Africa has been one of the primary impediments to development, national elections there have often provided little cause for hope. But this time, the international community is not playing along.
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Best Ideas of 2010: Pushing Metrics Forward
In 2010, discussions about metrics, largely with a focus on impact investing, were everywhere. Although many, many more discussions are needed before we can compare the poverty alleviation impacts of all venture strategies, the diverse set of stakeholders engaged in the conversation will help us get there.
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2010: The Year of Lessons in Corporate Governance
Sometimes corporate governance is taken for granted; other times it’s totally ignored. Either way, the year 2010 has illustrated the need to ramp up corporate governance on the development through enterprise agenda.
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Looking Back at The Best of 2010
It’s the end-of-year holiday season and we take some time to reflect on what 2010 meant for the Next Billion and the Base of the Pyramid idea. Starting on Monday you’ll have a chance to read a special series...
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Rural Marketing Congress India 2010: Reaching the 700 Million
Rural Marketing Congress India 2010 organized by Ideas-Exchange earlier this month. The event brought together panelists and delegates from companies of varied sectors and sizes - all focused on marketing to the 700 million strong and largely under-served Indian rural market.
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Five Reasons BusinessWeek is Wrong About Pakistan
A recent article from BusinessWeek entitled, "A Silver Lining In Pakistan," posited that the flooding disasters "may have given the country an opportunity to tackle a recurring point of contention in Pakistan: feudalism" through jobs creation. Yes, it is critical to create jobs, but that alone will neither solve poverty nor wash away feudalism.
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Guest Post: ThinkImpact Offers A New Approach to Catalyzing Rural Entrepreneurs
How do we unlock the innumerable income opportunities at the BoP? I started ThinkImpact as a vehicle to find answers to this question. We’re seeking applicants to join us on our 10-week Innovation Institute Scholars Program in rural Kenya and South Africa - where they will live work with entrepreneurs to develop community-based social innovations.
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