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Guest Post: Deshpande Foundation’s “Development Dialogue” Continues in Hubli?
Guest Blogger Lesley Pories is a Deshpande Foundation Sandbox Fellow, working with the Water Literacy Foundation in India.Before taking on this role, Lesley worked as a Research Analyst with the People and Ecosystems Program at the World Resources Institute. A graduate?of Emory University,...
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Guest Post: Day One at Deshpande Foundation’s “Development Dialogue”
Guest Blogger Lesley Pories is a Deshpande Foundation Sandbox Fellow, working with the Water Literacy Foundation in India.Before taking on this role, Lesley worked as a Research Analyst with the People and Ecosystems Program at the World Resources Institute. A graduate?of Emory University,...
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Guest Post: A Conversation about Microfinance and Peace Building in Colombia
Guest Blogger Sergio Guzm?n currently works for the Center for Financial Inclusion at ACCION International from Bogota, Colombia. He graduated from the George Washington University with majors in History and International Affairs.A Spanish version of?the following?post can also be found in...
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Sankalp Forum Awards High-Impact BoP Enterprises
Sankalp (English translation: Pledge or Determination) is a South Asia Social Enterprise and Investment Forum with the primary goal of bringing together various stakeholders sharing a common conviction that capital should be invested to create multiple bottom-line returns (financial, social and...
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CARE: Making Markets Work for the Poor
I recently had the chance to work on a case study with Late Lawson, Director of Economic Development for CARE, and Professor Ted London at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. The case study centers on CARE considering how to best incorporate an explicit market-based...
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3 Reasons Why Telcos Shouldn’t Abandon the BoP Just Yet
Are there really enough profits to make telcos want to focus on the bottom of the pyramid?? A new report, released last Monday by the technology market research firm BDA, suggests the answer is no.Before we consider the case closed, let’s take a closer look.? After all,...
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Job: Senior Portfolio Fellow, Acumen Fund
Position: Senior Portfolio Fellow Location: New York Organization: Acumen Fund is a global non-profit venture capital fund, focused on supporting the delivery of critical services ? water, health, housing, energy ? at affordable prices to the four billion people earning less than four...
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Job: Community Manager, Inveneo
Position: Community Manager Location: Washington, DC or San Francisco, CA Organization: Inveneo is a non-profit social enterprise whose mission is to get the tools of ICT into the hands of organizations and people who need them most: those in remote and rural communities in the developing...
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