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Jobs: AMGlobal Consulting, Emerging Markets Consultancy
AMGlobal Consulting currently has two postings for entry-level positions:Research ConsultantThis position is a perfect entry-point for an undergraduate or recent graduate student interested in learning how to work with Emerging Markets, Corporate Social Responsibility and the Bottom of the...
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Rising Ventures: MinYiYuan Connects Folk Art With National Markets
Scot Fang interviews the founder of MinYiYuan, a company that is bringing prosperity to a rural region of China by connecting local handicraft traditions with a broader market for folk arts. PDF Version China?s emergence as an economic powerhouse is not exactly news, but millions of...
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Guest Post: Lord Brown and “Making Private Capital Work for the Poor”
Guest blogger Chaz Littlejohn is the Director of Finance for Nourish International UNC Chapter, and is finishing his last semester at the University of North Carolina in the Economics program. At Nourish International, Chaz has applied his economics training to analyzing and improving how...
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Graduate Fellowship in Social Entrepreneurship Available at NYU
Each year, the NYU Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation Program in Social Entrepreneurship awards up to 20 Graduate Fellowships in Social Entrepreneurship to students from across 11 NYU schools.The Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation Program in Social Entrepreneurship is designed to attract,...
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Hard Questions for Microfinance: How Much Profit is Too Much Profit?
Microcredit is generally considered a step forward in the war against poverty. Giving small loans to impoverished people helps transform lives ? read the annual report of any MFI for details. While I am a firm believer that microfinance is a good thing, does it remain “good” when...
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Global Social Venture Competition
A number of recent posts on NextBillion seem to feature the Indian School of Business, and with good reason!The Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC) is the largest student-run business plan contest in the world, which provides mentoring, exposure and prizes for social ventures from around...
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Exploring New Markets: The Base of the Pyramid
From October 15, five professors from the Indian School of Business, in Hyderabad, will deliver video lectures on topics such as marketing, microfinance and mobile telephony in a country such as India.This is part of the Financial Times Business School series of online executive education...
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NextBillion Goes to PopTech This Week
Every fall, a small seaside town in Maine hosts an ideas festival called Pop!Tech.? In the past, I’ve jealously followed conference coverage on the blogosphere, trying to picture myself wedged between Bruce Sterling and Stewart Brand while they discuss the future of environmentalism (for...
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