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Impactful Ideas: Update on the G-20 SME Finance Challenge
Recent entries to the G-20 SME Finance Challenge are likely to transform the way that we think about social change, by showing us the immense value in combining the political and legislative power of the world’s leaders and the creativity and ambition of the private sector.
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Live @ TEDxChange: Melinda Gates on Learning from Others and Her Vision of Happiness
Some concluding thoughts after the talk delivered by Melinda French Gates at TEDxChange, which took place yesterday in New York City.
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Live @ TEDxChange: Hans Rosling and the Fight against Over-Simplification
The morning got started with a group of bloggers and media representatives. We were joined by officials of the Gates Foundation and then by Melinda Gates herself. I had two biases as I engaged in the conversation: one, around the role of markets and enterprise in progress that is being made towards the Millernium Development Goals...
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Don’t Miss TEDxChange, Starting This Morning at 11:00 AM EDT
NextBillion will be at TEDxChange later today, starting at 11:00am EDT at the Paley Center for Media in New York City. There are several ways you can join the conversation.
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Friday Roundup – 9/17/10: Learning from VisionSpring; New e-Book on Microfranchising
This week’s roundup focuses on VisionSpring and a new resource we present to our readers: the NextBillion e-Book on Microfranchising.
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The “Gandhi Approach” to Better Governance
Microcredit, formal and informal loans from friends or family can get a social enterprise only so far. Larger equity investments can help a micro-enterprises over the hump and into real SME scale. This article summarizes some governance principles indispensable at this stage.
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Maker Faire Africa: Innovation and Ingenuity for Africans, by Africans
Guest Blogger Niti Bhan attended Maker Faire Africa, which took place in the University of Nairobi a few weeks back. She shares her impressions on three of the Makers she had a chance to meet.
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Regulating Branchless Banking to Massively Expand Financial Access
The spread of real-time mobile communications networks permits financial service providers to delegate ’last mile’ cash management and customer servicing to third-party outlets. In a paper co-authored with colleagues Claire Alexandre and Daniel Radcliffe, we highlight several ways in which regulations need to be adapted to these new possibilities.
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