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Conference Report – Innovation for the Third Sector
Guest blogger Ben Powell is Managing Partner of Agora Partnerships. Last week, he traveled to Sao Paolo, Brazil, to attend Innovation for the Third Sector: Sustainability and Social Impact, and filed this report. Read below for Ben’s observations of the rapidly growing Latin American social...
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Coincidence or Cross-Subsidy?
Here is an interesting case of serendipity where a product designed for a developing market has found application in a bigger and more mature market albeit in a niche space:For over a decade, Procter & Gamble has been distributing sachets of its PuR water purifying powder at cost in...
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Is there a BOP in the United States?
When I think about people living in the BOP, I immediately picture people in developing countries. I didn?t really picture people in the U.S. as people in the BOP. I have realized now after living for six weeks in the D.C. area that I could not be further from the truth. There is a big...
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Tapan Parikh: Simple Innovations, Big Impact
Tapan Parikh (left) has proved that innovations need not be as complex as they are made out to be. Often, simple ideas make the best impact. What makes Tapan different ? and Technology Review’s 2007 Humanitarian of the Year ? is that he saw in mobile phones an accessible opportunity for...
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Public vs. Private Education in Developing Countries: A Matter of Long-Term Investment
I often find myself criticizing governments worldwide for failing to create opportunities for poor people, especially in the education sector. We certainly should be critical, but must also realize that, as a responsible society, we cannot and should not leave everything to the government and...
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Mighty Light: Empowering Lives
On NextBillion, we recently covered an editorial from Arun Maira of The Boston Consulting Group in India. Maira wrote that the organizations which will succeed in BOP markets will be those which don?t merely down-size existing products but invest in developing innovative business...
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Social Entrepreneurs: Echoing Green’s 2007 Fellows
Some of my recent blog posts focused on venture capitalism (Wulff Capital, Agora Partnerships). Well, it must be a trend ? I just came across Echoing Green.Echoing Green is an angel investor for entrepreneurs focused on social change. They provide seed funding and support to entrepreneurs...
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Rising Ventures: Landwasher Cleaning Up Waste Management in China
In his final post on NextBillion, New Ventures Intern Jesse Last ponders the viability of sustainable waste management as exemplified by New Ventures entrepreneur, Landwasher. Read Jesse’s full profile of Landwasher here China’s booming private-sector seems to be getting some...
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