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Inside the Skoll World Forum: Climate Change
When you?re in a room and Larry Brilliant, Nick Moon and Mark Fulton are asking questions of the panelists, you know you?ve struck gold. This was one of two sessions explicitly on climate change at the Skoll World Forum, and it was focused on the post-Copenhagen world and the debate over top-down political accords versus bottom-up action.
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Remembering CK Prahalad – A Student’s Reflection
There are few people who have created a global movement that has changed the way millions of people see the world - and CK Prahalad is one of them. I first heard about CK through his book, "The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid". The idealist in me was moved by his words of dignity; the pragmatist in me was driven by his talk of business.
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Skoll Award Recipients Focus on Ecosystem Services Market
Having focused much of my research at Oxford on carbon markets and the development of ecosystem services markets, I was thrilled to see the Skoll Foundation?s recent investments in this area at last night?s ceremony for their 2010 Awards for Social Entrepreneurship. Three of the seven recipients were from the field of forest valuation.
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Funding the Small Fish: Association for Development of Pakistan
With a proliferation of small projects and business ideas bubbling up in developing countries, a gap is emerging: the lack of a dedicated donor pool willing to angel fund such projects. Enter the Association for Development of Pakistan, an organization that provides grants in amounts less than USD $10,000 to groups in Pakistan.
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Voices From the Skoll World Forum Opening Plenary
The opening plenary at the Skoll World Forum had numerous themes and Twitter-perfect quotes, but to me one of the most important threads that ran through the evening was the importance of giving individuals a voice to help themselves out of conflict, abject poverty, and the effects of natural disaster.
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Notes from the Base of the Pyramid(s)
Try Googling ?Base of the Pyramid? and ?Egypt.? You will learn about the size of the base of the Cheops pyramid, the length of its sides, and that it was built to be as square as possible. Not exactly what one might be looking for in the context of enterprise and development?
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Skoll World Forum 2010: Themes and Sessions to Watch
The Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship kicks off today in Oxford, United Kingdom. I have been lucky enough to be living in Oxford since September, and now feel even more fortunate to be part of the social media team for this exciting event.This year?s theme is "catalyzing collaboration for large scale change."
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Targeting the Ultra Poor: The BRAC Model
The ultra-poor are the poorest individuals in low income markets and are frequently neglected by private sector initiatives. The BRAC model is a recent attempt to develop an economically sustainable program, specifically targeting this segment to push the poor above the poverty line and teach them how to run their own business.
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