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Remittances and Development – More to Say?
Let me share with you my state of mind after finishing a careful reading of the full World Bank report on Latin American remittances, Close to Home: The Development Impact of Remittances in Latin America. On the one hand, it is a closely reasoned, and (as far as this non-economist can...
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Remittances: The New York Times Gets It
Today’s New York Times has an editorial “Wiring Development” that, to my mind, picks up on what is really important from the IADB remittance study, “Sending Money Home", namely the opportunity for Latin American banks to turn remittance recipients (and senders, too) into...
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Proverbs at Work: From Burnt-Out Shells to Coffee Machines
While it may seem clich?, I?ve always enjoyed the proverb advising that “when life deals you lemons, make lemonade.” The phrase was my first thought when I saw a recent story out of Ethiopia about Azmarew Zeleke?s burgeoning coffee business; in this case, replace...
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Remittance News Coverage Missing the Mark
I came in today thinking, “wow, what a range of takes on the new World Bank study (pdf) on Latin American remittances released yesterday.” We reported last week on the IADB remittance report and the reaction from CNN and Lou Dobbs, in which an immigration and values debate provided...
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Rwandan coffee to Vegetable oil to Bug repellant?activities of all shapes, sizes, tastes and smell
So much to read, so little time?but these activities are definitely worth a look-over.Berni Labs - Distributing “Bug Balancer” Pest repellant for farmersJorge Berni, a longtime resident of the agriculture-dependent community in Los Mochis, Mexico, was convinced that farmers needed...
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Hunter Lovins, Maria Otero, and Product RED: NetImpact 2006
Sheri Willoughby is a Senior Manager in the Markets and Enterprise Program at WRI. She holds an MS in chemistry from University of California San Diego and a MBA from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina. Where do MBA students and alumni go to get inspired,...
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Zambia Journal: Industry Woes
Guest blogger Brian McBrearity will be reporting from time to time about his experiences working in Zambia on SME and financial services development. His Zambia Journal posts will appear about once a week here on NextBillion.net. This is the second in the series; read his previous post here....
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NextBillion 2.0 – Improving Our Community
Since our launch in May 2005, NextBillion.net has remained more or less the same as far as functionality and usability are concerned. Sure, we added the Events Calendar and the Activity Database, but the basic interactions on-site have remained the same.At the same time, we?ve experienced...
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