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A Must Read!
"Emerging Markets, Emerging Models", the report on BOP entrepreneurship from Monitor Group, is probably the most important new study in the last couple of years. It is based on some intensive original research and focused on the key question: why haven’t most BOP efforts scaled?
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NextBillion.net at the Global Philanthropy Forum
Titled "Five Crises, Multiple Solutions and Our Shared Commitment to Act" , this year’s Global Philanthropy Forum promises to offer a very interesting set of talks and discussions amongst the world’s leaders in the philanthopy/ social investment space.
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The Socially Responsible Intern Surplus
If only the corporate and NGO BoP market investment matched the degree to which ambitious, smart and inspired MBA students were willing to work for it. If the number of applicants is any indication, 2009 seems to have a surplus of MBA and other highly-qualified interns.
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Good Energies Foundation – Interview with Richenda Van Leeuwen
I was fortunate enough to catch Richenda Van Leeuwen, a founding board member of the Good Energies Foundation. This interview goes into detail regarding the firm where she works, Good Energies Inc., a private equity firm focused on renewable energy, and its affiliated non-profit, the Good Energies Foundation, focused on energy for the BoP.
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Changemakers Cultivates Innovative Solutions for Smallholder Farmers
Changemakers - the Ashoka spinoff that uses "collaborative competitions" to identify innovative social enterprise models - is at it again. Their latest competition, sponsored by the Gates Foundation - is looking for "[i]nnovative solutions that span the entire agricultural value chain ? from seeds to sales."
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From the Field: Nepal’s Power
Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world; GDP per capita is $1,100, 65% of women are illiterate, and unemployment is 42%. It is one of the richest countries in the world in terms of hydro power potential, but less than 1% of that potential has been developed; the country is, ironically, in talks with India to buy power from them.
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Global Social Benefit Incubator Winners Announced
The Global Social Benefit Incubator (GSBI) - the scholarship-only, base-of-the-pyramid entrepreneur bootcamp worth $20,000 - has announced its class of 2009. When it comes to taking good ideas and nurturing them into real, viable companies, GSBI is in select company.
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Portfolios of the Poor: How the Poor Live on Less Than $2 a Day
The Financial Access Initiative (FAI) - a consortium of development economists funded by the Gates Foundation - is at the forefront when it comes to financial research for base of the pyramid markets. I have long admired the work of Jonathan Morduch and Sendhil Mullainathan, two of FAI’s directors.
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