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Guest Post: The Power of Unleashing Payments at the Base of the Pyramid
Imagine if every business or individual in a country had a convenient way of making small payments instantly to anyone, anywhere in the country. Far-fetched? Not at all, remember that mobile operators have a version of that running in every country...
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Kiva In Action: A Note from Peru
I recently had the opportunity to visit a micro entrepreneur in Peru whom I had made a loan to via Kiva. This post summarizes my experience.
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What if You Could Unlock the Potential of a Trillion-Dollar Housing Market?
Check out Ashoka’s "A New Alliance for Global Change" article in the September, 2010 issue of Harvard Business Review, where Ashoka CEO Bill Drayton and Full Economic Citizenship’s Chief Entrepreneur Valeria Budinich. Here’s how you can get a complimentary copy.
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Friday Roundup: “The Future We Make”
From the District of Columbia, to Colombia and back to Columbia, my new home. This is the first of what will be a weekly, Friday column offering a summary of noteworthy events, articles and resources for all of us into the Next Billion idea. Read about an upcoming TEDx event focused on the Millenium Development Goals.
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Support for Microfranchising: Knowledge, Funding and Missing Links
For the last month or so, we’ve covered the different types of microfranchises as they exist today. The series has also included interviews with researchers and practitioners. In this final post, we’ll cover existing support for microfranchising.
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The Future of Microfranchise: An Interview with Deborah Burand
This post is second to last in a series focused on microfranchising. It focuses on the recent insights from a study conducted for the Omidyar Network by Deborah Burand of the University of Michigan.
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Investing in Microfranchising: What Should I Know?
To date, this series has focused on the mechanics of microfranchising from the entrepreneurs’ s point of view. This post, second to last in this series, looks at microfranchise from the perspective of the investor.
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Human Networks for Social Good
Our special on Microfranchising continues. Just as with the business in a bag, infrastructure, and conversion models, the agent network model strengthens the assets of local markets, but in this case by creating franchises through a network of agents that are already embedded in communities.
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