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The Fair and Lovely Debate Continues
Andrew Leonard, author of Salon.com’s excellent “How the World Works” column, continues to track the Fair and Lovely debate between C.K. Prahalad and Aneel Karnani. His latest post, from February 22, is definitely worth reading (sorry I haven’t stayed up on this as much as I...
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Job Announcement: New Ventures India Seeks Senior Manager
I just wanted to let the NextBillion community know that our New Ventures India program in Hyderabad is looking for a Senior Manager to assist with program outreach and fundraising. After organizing a successful first Investor Forum, the team has been getting a great deal of attention from the...
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Expanding Rural Access – The Case for MicroTelcos
Over the past ten years, significant progress has been made across the globe with regards to the expansions of mobile telecommunications. This explosive build-out has been the direct result of market liberalization activities launched by a growing number of countries. Today, in most countries...
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You Can Hear Me Now
By Nathan KommersNate Kommers is a Press Officer with the World Resources Institute. Yesterday, the Aspen Institute held a book event in here DC with Nick Sullivan, author of You Can Hear Me Now: How Microloans and Cell Phones are Connecting the World?s Poor to the Global Economy, and...
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The U-Curve Theory
Highlights from the Business, Engineering and Sustainability Workshop This past weekend, about 60 talented individuals from business schools, engineering departments, non-profits and the private sector met for what was essentially a two day brainstorming session. The goal: Discovering ways...
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International Private Enterprise Group – DC – February Meeting
The DC chapter of the International Private Enterprise Group will hold its February meeting tomorrow, Thursday February 22. We have reserved the second floor of the Science Club (1136 19th Street, NW - between L and M, just a few blocks from DuPont Circle and Farragut Square) from 6:00 - 7:30...
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MFI Sponsored Financial Education
Most schools in developing economies do not offer any financial education. Those who do, offer it as an optional course. Those who do, like India’s CBSE offer an overview of financial markets and share capital.Last year alone, according to Business Today, more than 15 million Indians...
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Michigan Announces BOP Conference 2007
I received an e-mail from Ted London, Director of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan, to let me know that the web site for their upcoming conference is up and running. Business with Four Billion: Creating Mutual Value at the Base of the Pyramid will be held in Ann...
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