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NextBillion Welcomes New Staff Writer Cohort
On behalf of the NextBillion Team, I’m happy to welcome seven development through enterprise professionals who will join the group of Staff Writers.
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Oxfam’s ’Poverty Footprint’ For Business: Know Thyself
In a recent roundup I highlighted an Oxfam "Brief for Business" on their Poverty Footprint Methodology. The footprint concept, intelligently borrowed from the use of the term for carbon, is a comprehensive approach to ’corporate social responsibility’ that I think should open up opportunities for internal business improvement as well.
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Register Early for the ANDE Latin America Conference in Granada, Nicaragua
This year will see several gatherings around the role of the private sector and social enterprise in the development of Latin America; following the Miami Conference, Nicaragua will welcome the first ANDE Latin America Conference to discuss the role of small and growing businesses in Latin America’s fight against poverty. Register early!
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Apply now to be an E4SI fellow!
E4SI is a unique fellowship opportunity for Indian youth from some of the most prestigious technical schools to spend their summers working in dynamic responsible businesses.
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Weekly Roundup: Live from Hyderabad
This past week saw the first ever Tech4Society conference take place in Hyderabad, India, focused on the worthy goal of how to build systems that maximize the social value of technology.
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Anecdotes, Outputs and Outcomes
Most experts seem to agree that it makes intuitive sense to measure outcomes. So why aren’t more organizations measuring outcomes? Based on observations and conversations we’ve had with numerous organizations, I’ve come up with three different reasons that highlight the underlying constraints.
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New Business Models for Sustainable Trading – Part 3
This post is Part 3 of a 6-part series exploring new business models for linking small farmers to global markets being analyzed through an international collaborative effort.
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The Principle of Transparency in Supply Chains
Editor’s Note: This post is part 3 of a 6-part series exploring new business models for linking small farmers
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