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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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More Rural Wi-Fi Activity
The AirJaldi Summit mentioned here last week brought together a lot of people working with low-cost wireless connectivity in Asia. Discussions on the list serve created to follow up on the Summit indicate activity in parts of Latin America as well. Today the New York Times reports on similar...
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New in the Activity Database: Agora, Streetwires, AmazonLife and More
I’ve been reading through a slew of successful BOP business models and am continually and consistently amazed and inspired by people?s fortitude and creativity. I find myself thinking, “How did they come up with that?” and other times I wonder “Why didn?t I think of...
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Rising Ventures: Bening Big Tree Farms Aims to Reshape Agriculture in Indonesia
It’s a classic example of traditional vs. “modern,” market efficiency vs. sustainability. Agriculture in Indonesia is largely divided between two types of producers - those that practice environmentally friendly, small-scale methods, and those that have adopted the more efficient,...
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