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Shengchang Bioenergy ? Building China’s BOP Biomass Market
Biofuels have become a fashionable and controversial topic of late (just yesterday, the New York Times reported on resistance to ethanol in Iowa). Debates range from lauding the benefits of renewable energy sources to questioning whether biofuels will raise prices of staple comestibles, leaving...
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Katherine Fulton on “Acumen’s Moment”
I am in New York City today, attending the 2007 Acumen Fund Investor Gathering.? This annual event is an opportunity for NextBillion ally Acumen Fund to engage its stakeholders - investors, entrepreneurs, partners and supporters - in a discussion of where the fund has been and where it’s...
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Internship: Center for Global Development
The Center for Global Development (CGD), an independent, non-partisan, non-profit policy research organization in Washington, DC seeks a part time or full time intern to provide administrative and research support to CGD?s executive office. The Intern will support the executive office in a...
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Latin American Forum for Inclusive Business: Al Hammond Goes to Chile, and The Next Four Billion Deb
This week, AVINA, FUNDES, and MASISA are hosting a regional 3-day workshop for Inclusive Businesses and a special Business Forum in Santiago, Chile. WRI’s Al Hammond is participating as a panelist at the Forum today and sent the following comments in from Santiago:Inclusive Business...
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Introducing NextBillion Staff Writer Manuel Bueno
We at the World Resources Institute (which powers NextBillion.net) are pleased to introduce Manuel Bueno as NextBillion.net’s newest staff writer. Manuel Bueno is a staff writer for NextBillion.net. He is currently employed as a Financial Services Strategy Consultant at the Deloitte...
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Moving the Next Billion: In Bangalore, Mapunity Can Put Everyone on the Map – Literally
Yesterday, I attended a presentation by Madhav Pai, who was visiting WRI to tell us about a system developed by an organization he has worked with called Mapunity, that is linking together MIS, GIS, and SMS technologies to enhance transportation access and planning in Bangalore. If this...
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Exciting Times in the Base of the Pyramid Movement
It has been an exciting week in the “base of the pyramid” (BOP) world, at least from my vantage point.? From mainstream media coverage of key BOP issues to off-the-radar developments in organizations like Endeavor and Acumen Fund, a lot is going on.? A brief wrap-up: On Sunday,...
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Job: One Acre Fund Director of Program Innovation/ Interim COO
(via iPienso)Position: Director of Program Innovation/ Interim COO, One Acre FundWanted: Early-career (3-10 years post-undergrad experience), ?elite? business professional to work in Africa Work in Africa for One Acre Fund, an exciting non-profit that runs like a start-up...
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