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Acumen’s Next Interns
This cost analysis hangs on a wall at in the Osembe Primary School, a concrete block building surrounded by rice fields not far from Lake Victoria.It was created by the members of the school Health Club, a group of precocious young kids I would love to see become interns in Acumen?s Nairobi office someday. It is not hard to imagine these kids
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Pushing the “Go Button”: Part 1
A year into living in Washington DC and working for WRI, I’d like to share a couple of stories that, in my view, reflect the courage it takes to push the "Go Button" and start becoming the change you want to see in the world.
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Acumen Fund Will Host Summer Student Leader Workshop
Young people today are not protesting or rioting?instead, we are proclaiming ourselves social entrepreneurs and actively searching for the best models to address poverty. This movement is brewing on campuses across the country and the world, including my own, and Acumen Fund wants to help us develop the skills and knowledge we need...
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Call for Papers: Impact of Base of the Pyramid Ventures
The "Impact of Base of the Pyramid Ventures" conference will be held November 16-18, 2009 in Delft, the Netherlands. The organizers have just released a call for papers. Abstracts are due May 15; full papers are due July 15.
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How Can We Harness the Talent and Energy Available in this Space?
When I think about visible entry points for BoP-focused MBAs, I can generate a list of "usual suspects". However, after the superstars are chosen, I wonder what happens to the "best of the rest" and the "rest of the rest." What happens to these people?" Is their enthusiasm lost or is it simply redirected? How can we tell? Do we care?
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Guest Post: Never Waste a Good Crisis
During times of upheaval people are scared, but also willing to try something different. That applies in both the political and business worlds. Renew LLC sees opportunity aplenty in the midst of this crisis to create a new set of expectations between capital and the entrepreneurs who shape investment into enterprises in the developing world.
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Mobile Health for Development: Challenges and Opportunities
The Rockefeller Foundation, UN Foundation and Vodafone Foundation recently announced the formation of the mHealth Alliance to facilitate innovation and maximize impact in the field of mobile health (mHealth), which has drawn attention to this area. The Alliance will expand the mHealth initiatives of multiple organizations around the world.
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International Sustainability Photography Prize, Sponsored by Prix Pictet
Nine years ago two amazing books were published by the same author: Sebasti?o Salgado. Both were photography books, "Migrations" and "The Children: Refugees and Migrants". I have never known much about photography and probably will never do, but I still clearly remember how those images followed me for days.
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