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Net Impact 2009: Social Impact Measurement Frameworks
Simply judging by titles, less than a handful of panels at this year?s Net Impact conference dealt with impact measurement. I found this quite surprising considering the intensive discourse and current initiatives underway in the sector (Rob and others have reported quite extensively on Nextbillion lately).
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Net Impact 2009: Lighting the Base of the Pyramid with OSRAM Energy Hubs
My second event at the 2009 Net Impact Conference was a very well orchestrated case study analysis of a critical emerging market and base of the pyramid (BoP) issue - off grid solutions and energy consumption. Our presenter, Wolfgang Gregory, painted a lively picture of the origins of a project that has the potential to change the off grid sector.
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Net Impact 2009: Enabling Access to Clean Water ? Top Down Vs. Bottom Up Approaches
The first session I attended at this year’s Net Impact Conference was a lively panel on approaches to address water-related challenges in the developing world. It was moderated by Cheryl Choge of the Global Water Challenge, who began by reminding us of a few key water facts, for those of you who’re curious about the scale of the problem.
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Net Impact 2009: ICT in Emerging Markets is an Enabler of Good Things, Not a Cure-All
What are the challenges and opportunities of ICT in emerging markets? How has ICT been received? What works and what does not? The Net Impact conference featured a panel on "Using Technology to Develop Business in Emerging Markets" which touched on some of the fundamental struggles of development work.
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Weekly Roundup: Nokia Releases New Phones, Nobody Sleeps Overnight on 5th Avenue to Get Them
In the past two weeks, Nokia announced a new line of inexpensive phones, expansion of its Life Tools service from India to Indonesia, and the upcoming rollout of Nokia Money. The development community should be treating its product releases more like the wealthy public treats the release of a new iPhone.
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Net Impact 2009 Kicks Off at Cornell University
Last year, while blogging from the Penn campus that hosted the 2008 edition, I alluded to 2,400 reasons to be optimistic... I hear that this year there are more reasons, with close to 2,500 attendees expected here at in Ithaca for the Net Impact 2009 Conference.
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WDI to Host Impact Assessment Workshop
Metrics, impact assessment and impact investing are popular and important topics in development right now. Much of the work in this area has been done ad hoc, though that is beginning to change with the advent of the Global Impact Investing Network and the Impact Reporting and Investment Standards. An interesting workshop will take it forward...
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It’s the End of the Phone as We Know It
If you’ve seen it all or expect this post to be about smart phones and non-phone applications, think again. Food for thought today is Nigel Waller’s Movirtu, which may well convince you that the end of the phone as we know it is getting close.
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