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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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Biofuels and the BOP
Chris Monasterski over at the PSDBlog connects biofuels, world hunger, and The Next 4 Billion report. Wish I had thought of it! (Seriously, bravo Chris.) Check it out - biofuels are driving food costs up, which puts pressure on BOP budgets. The poor are among those most at risk from the...
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M-Pesa Shows Strong Demand for M-Banking
We’ve known about Vodafone’s M-Pesa project for some time now.? The money-transfer via mobile phone service has been active in Kenya for a few months now, first as a pilot and growing steadily throughout the country. The New York Times and the Economist both have articles on M-Pesa...
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