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Going Native? oikos UNDP Young Scholars Academy 2010, in Costa Rica
Addressing "Inclusive Partnerships for Sustainable Market Innovations", the oikos UNDP Young Scholars Academy moves its location this year to Costa Rica, from August 29 to September 3rd.
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The Future of Design: A U.S. Cell Phone Designed by Kenyans?
These days you hear about design thinking being applied to just about everything. So much it’s getting bashed on its over-hype and misuse. But imagine 90% of the world’s designers finally being tapped into and how that will shape and shift everyday objects we use (a US cell phone designed by Kenyans?) and our understanding of social challenges.
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Fresh Updates in Our Research Section
We have recently updated our Research section with fresh articles, and will continue to regularly post scholarly journals. Check out our Research section to browse through all articles, or take a look at the cutting edge studies here.
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Microinsurance: The Ugly Duckling in Financial Services to the Poor
Being poor means not only surviving with a tight budget, but also managing the unpredictability of an irregular income. Coping with such variability is a fundamental challenge that is often overlooked by financial service providers. This is made worse when poor households suffer external shocks. That’s where microinsurance can play a role.
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NextBillion Reader’s Survey
It’s still not too late to fill out the NextBillion Reader’s Survey. We will be using your feedback to inform our upcoming redesign of NextBillion. Make your voice heard.
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From Cairo to DC: Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship kicks off today
Delivering on his promise from his June 2009 Cairo speech, Barack Obama hosts a Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship that kicks off today in Washington DC. 250 participants from the US and Muslim communities come together and discuss issues revolving around the importance of entrepreneurship, job creation and community development.
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Government Sanitary Napkin Scheme Threatens BoP Innovator
A. Muruganatham and his invention, a machine that can churn out 120 sanitary napkins an hour, has been creating a lot of waves in the developmental sector. A high school drop out, Muruganatham created his machine after realizing that there was an immense need for low cost sanitary napkin at the base of the pyramid.
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Remembering CK Prahalad – Collected Thoughts
As an undergraduate summer intern, I helped edit case studies that appear in the appendices of The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid. It was my first exposure to CK Prahalad, and I was lucky. Who else gets to spend their summer editing what would go on to become an influential book by the world’s soon-to-be-named number one management guru?
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