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AMD Says Press Report on 50×15 Inaccurate
NextBillion has spoken with 50x15 project management, and has been told that the press report of the project’s demise is not correct. AMD representatives claim that the report was generated due to a misrepresented SEC filing. AMD says that the PIC will continue, 50x15 is still a goal, and...
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2007 Social Capitalist Awards announced
The 2007 Social Capitalist Award winners were announced this morning by Fast Company business magazine and the Monitor Group. The Award recognizes non-profits that are generating both financial profit and social benefit. Winners that have a particularly strong emphasis on serving low-income...
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News Roundup: Wal-Mart, SCJ, Acumen, Marketplace
I’ve been busy lately, partly because I’m trying track a slew of recent BOP news stories appearing in the mainstream media.? (For readers who subscribe to the main NextBillion RSS feed, you may want to consider subscribing to the News Feed for daily updates).? Four stories set...
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WRI and Worldchanging Book Launch on Friday
On the shameless self-promotion front, I want to mention that we’re co-hosting a book launch and networking event with Worldchanging here at WRI on Friday.? Full details of the event are on the World Resources Institute web site; the basic gist is that we’ll have presentations from WRI...
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“Uniting the World through Compassionate Trade” – One World Projects
One World Projects was founded by Phil Smith, a pioneer in the Fair Trade world before it was hot. Originally conceived as a sustainable alternative for communities living in rainforest areas, Phil worked directly with communities to create crafts from renewable resources and then sold them to...
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Internet for All: A Field Report on the Wireless Revolution
Guest blogger Darrell Owen is an international consultant specializing in Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) in developing countries. Prior to forming his own company, he worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development. This week, he will present some of his on-the-ground...
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Back to the Future: Oxfam Report Is More of the Same
Oxfam International has just published a report, “In the Public Interest: Health, Education and Water and Sanitation For All.” One can hardly dispute some its assumptions - it’s a scandal that people go without basic services, the money is theoretically there to solve problems, aid...
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Back from the BRINQ
If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be doing base of the pyramid work on the ground, you should talk to NextBillion friend and ally Patrick Donohue.? Patrick got his start in the BOP universe as a MBA student of Stuart Hart’s, back when Stu was running the Center for...
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