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BiD Challenge Enters its 3rd Year
In Uganda, there is a small business whose model is based on manufacturing and selling products made from indigenous tree bark. The bark can be sustainably collected as this particular species of tree has the property of easily regrowing bark after being stripped bare. The material is...
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TN4B: Focus on Financial Services
The Next 4 Billion includes a whole chapter on a topic for which we were unable to present a single, real number from our analysis of household surveys. Not surprisingly, the chapter is short. So, why did we include it, if we couldn?t report any numbers? And why do we recommend it to you?...
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Interview With a P2P Lender: Kiva.org
The innovative peer-to-peer microlending site Kiva.org received a new round of PR today when Nicholas Kristof featured the site in his New York Times column.? Check out an excerpt at the NB Newsroom or Times Select for the full column (subscription required).? Readers have also been chiming in...
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Guest Blogger: Cracking the Capital Markets for Microfinance
Guest blogger James Dailey worked at Grameen Foundation’s Technology Center for five years and lead the development of the Microfinance Open Source project. He also teaches Microfinance at the University of Washington. He is a founding member and CTO of MicroFinance ClearingHouse. By...
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TN4B: Focus on Health
We’ve all heard of the dire situations: “Every x seconds, y children/women/people die of z disease around the world.” For many years, health crises--HIV/AIDs, malaria, diarrheal diseases, etc.--have been a prominent focal point for the efforts of the development community.?...
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Rising Ventures: (DESI) Power to the People
This week’s Rising Ventures feature is about a company that has begun piloting rural energy markets at a time when the market opportunities are becoming increasingly abundant, yet unrecognized by many in the private sector. DESI Power is a startup aiming to establish itself as a pioneer in...
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Protecting the Poor: Microinsurance Compendium
"Last year, global insurance giant American International Group Inc.opened a garage-size office in this dusty town of about 50,000. Coming up soon here: a policy that insures a cow for a $10 annual premium. “ This opening in WSJ article “Insurers Seek Growth in Developing...
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TN4B: World Water Day and the BOP Penalty
Our good friend Chris Monasterski over at the PSD Blog has used data from The Next 4 Billion to describe the market for BOP water on today, World Water Day.? Here’s what he’s got to say: The brand new report The Next 4 Billion: Market Size and Business Strategy at the Base of the...
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