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Africa Misrepresented ? What Does it Mean for the BoP?
William Easterly, respected for his contributions to the development debate and widely know for his opposition to the Jeff Sachs camp, recently published an interesting piece entitled How the Millennium Development Goals are Unfair to Africa. The article reveals specific statistical...
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P.K. Sethi, Inventor of Jaipur Foot, Remembered
Yesterday, as I rode the metro home from work, I browsed through the obituaries section, as is my daily habit.? While reading the newspaper, however, I came across a news obituary relevant to my work, and to NextBillion.net.? I had not heard, but P.K. Sethi - an Indian surgeon and the mind...
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Will 2008 Be The Year of ’Next Billion’ or ’Bottom Billion’?
What’s in a name, a brand, a catchphrase? In some sense, everything. But a brand/name/phrase is only as good as the content behind it. So when U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon recently declared 2008 to be “the year of the ’bottom billion’,” I paid attention - after...
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Intel and the OLPC: A Conflict Waiting to Happen
Guest blogger Bill Kramer is principal of The Global Challenge Network, LLC, an executive education and training company. From 2001 through mid-2007, he worked on pro-poor business strategies with WRI. Previously, Bill founded a non-profit focusing on the relationship of knowledge to economic...
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Moving On From NextBillion Staff
I’m sad to say it’s time for me to sign off as a member of the NextBillion staff. I remember joining World Resources Institute and the NextBillion staff in June 2005. NextBillion had just been up and running for two months. Take a look at this old screenshot and you’ll notice the...
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Harvard University’s Global Essay Contest for Bangladesh
Competition: The Anwarul Quadir Prize of 2008 Global Essay Contest for Bangladesh (Website)Organised by: Center for International Development at Harvard UniversitySponsored by: The Anwarul Quadir FoundationKey Dates: Submission Deadline: June 30, 2008 Results: October 15,...
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Boston Consulting Group on Decoding the Next Billion Consumers
In recent months, Boston Consulting Group’s publications have tackled various aspects of BoP strategy, which Manuel and Julia have covered in detail.? From a high-level point of view, this is a positive trend, reflecting growing interest among BCG’s clients ? large private sector...
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What’s in a Buzzword: Use and Misuse of “Bottom of the Pyramid”
Today, I read with interest an article from the Business Standard entitled “TutorVista Readies Indian Rollout; To Raise $15m to Address Bottom of the Pyramid.” Perfect for the NextBillion Newsroom, right? Perhaps not. TutorVista, a leading online education firm, matches...
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