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Introducing NextBillion’s New Staff Writer
I’m happy to introduce our newest staff writer, Ana Escalante, to the NextBillion community.Ana has joined our team as a summer intern.? She has a long-held interest in international development, having observed first hand the effects of poverty and inequality in her community in...
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Changemakers Competition a Magnet for Health Innovations
Ashoka’s Changemakers competition, “Disruptive Innovations in Health and Health Care” closed today, and it looks to be a treasure trove of business model innovations that are bringing health solutions to the BOP. There are entries from microinsurance, franchising, direct selling,...
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Biofuels and the BOP II: A Way Forward?
The debate that Rob touched on last week rages on: Are biofuels bad for the BOP? An article on SocialFunds.com recaps some of the controversy.Audeamus says the price hikes on staple crops will be temporaryPresident Lula claims biofuels are good for poor nations because it will allow them to...
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Doing Business Meets Google Maps
We’ve talked a lot about the excellent Doing Business reports that the World Bank Group produces every year.? A quick reminder: The Doing Business database provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement. The Doing Business indicators are comparable across 175...
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The Next 4 Billion – Innovations Article
In response to some demand from readers and suggest-ers (not a word, I know), I’m posting the article that Al, Bill, Julia, Cory and I wrote in Innovations. Click “read more” for access to the PDF. Here are the first few paragraphs.Full review of the journal coming soon --...
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Case Study Release: Mi Farmacita Nacional
I’m very happy to announce the release of the WRI business case study, What Works: Mi Farmacita Nacional, authored by Enrique Coronado (’08), Christina Krettecos (’07), and Yvonne Lu (’07) of Columbia Business School.Mi Farmacita Nacional, a fully for-profit pharmacy...
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Business in Development Happy Hour – Washington DC
You are invited to a special Networking Happy Hour to support entrepreneur-driven models of development.?? Come learn about leading organizations working to bring innovative, market-based solutions to global poverty.? Network with others committed to unleashing the potential of small...
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Rising Ventures: Florestas – An Authentically Brazilian Company With an Authentically Green Image
New Ventures Intern Jesse Last muses on pub trivia and a conversation with one of the most innovative entrepreneurs in the personal care products market. I got an interesting pub trivia question the other night - what is the body’s largest organ? I promptly shouted “liver” and...
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