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Friday Roundup – 12/10/10: What Works? An Update from One Acre Fund
This week’s roundup includes an update on One Acre Fund, our usual Weekly Roundup and opportunities you won’t want to miss coming from both Cornell and the University of Michigan.
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Funding for Inclusive Businesses in Latin America: sitawi?s Perspective
From NextBillion Espa?ol: Funding for Inclusive Business is a major issue. To take a look at the state of this field in Latin America, we consulted with some funds that operate in this region and learned their perspectives. Today we share the interview we did with Leonardo Letelier, CEO of the recently launched Brazilian social fund, sitawi.
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How are Hybrid Value Chains different from CSR, BoP, Inclusive Business?
You may wonder about the actual differences between a Hybrid Value Chain, Corporate Social Responsibility, Base of the Pyramid and Inclusive Business. The field of market-based approaches addressing social and environmental issues is still too nascent to start arguing over terms, but it may be worth clarifying some fundamental differences.
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Slaying the Dragon: How Small Businesses Can Fight Corruption in the Developing World (Part 2)
Experts from the Center for International Private Enterprise explain its approach to empowering the private sector in developing countries to fight corruption. The second of this two-part series examines anti-corruption tools used by small, informal businesses and international corporations alike?and encouraging success stories from the field.
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Movirtu’s Plan for 4 Million ’Cloud Phone’ Users by 2013
Earlier this month, "Cloud Phone" software company Movirtu announced it would be expanding in 2011 with a Series A investment of $5.5 million and plans to roll out some new products soon. CEO Nigel Waller said the financing will keep the firm on track toward reaching its goal of 4 million users by 2013.
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Slaying the Dragon: How Small Businesses Can Fight Corruption in the Developing World (Part 1)
Experts from the Center for International Private Enterprise explain its approach to empowering the private sector in developing countries to fight corruption. The first of this two-part series looks at businesses? evolving attitude towards corruption and the many tools they are now using to fight back.
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Recap: Impact Investing Forum 2010
Last week, London was the venue for the Impact Investing Forum - two days covering a range of topics, including the role of different stakeholders, case studies from a variety of sectors and infrastructure initiatives for the impact investing space. It was a great teaser for the kinds of discussions we might also expect from upcoming SOCAP Europe.
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One Laptop Per Child … But What “Laptop”?
The convergence of PCs and mobile phones, is well under way. It’s hard to believe that transformation began in earnest just three years ago when Apple unveiled the iPhone. Today, Africans are turning their late adoption of technology to their advantage by leapfrogging landlines and personal computers to mobile devices, and developers are following.
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