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Finding Lasting Solutions to Mexico’s Environmental Challenges
First of all, a big pat on the back for Ecocreto gaining recognition for its work on NPR recently. Secondly, a disclaimer: As I write this posting about water conservation issues in Mexico City, I realize that not too long ago, I also discussed the City’s air quality problem. I feel bad...
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Minipreneurs: Do BOP Entrepreneurs Deserve the Hype?
The entrepreneurial bandwagon is starting to feel a little full. Everyone from development experts to market research firms seems to be falling over themselves to hail the resourceful small-scale entrepreneur as a savior of poor communities everywhere. Even the uber-hip Trendwatching web site...
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Guest Post: Community Based Enterprise Development
This post was written by Vincent Ricasio, a retired investment banker currently working on microfranchising and other community development strategies at New York University. Contact Vincent using the comment field below to discuss his Community Based Enterprise Development concept. Is it...
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Fighting Poverty with Organic Agriculture
Today, the Asia Times published an interesting piece on Nazmi Ilicali, a farmer in Eastern Turkey who has made organic agriculture the centerpiece in the fight against rural poverty. Mr. Ilicali?s efforts have gained him international attention and just last year he was honored by the...
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Tomorrow’s Company
What will tomorrow?s companies look like? What impact, if any, will innovation blowback have? PSDBlog?s Michael Jarvis points to a new effort, called Tomorrow?s Global Company, that attempts to arrive at some answers: Now, a UK-based think tank, Tomorrow?s Company, has teamed with...
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Enterprises on the Move
If I?m not scouring obscure newspapers for BOP related stories, staring aimlessly off into space, clipping my toe nails, or thinking about integrating a word like phallogocentrism into a blog about microfinance, then chances are I?m adding new activities to Nextbillion?s activity...
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BOP Learning Lab India
The BOP Learning Lab, an on-the-ground research project run through Cornell?s Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise, will soon have an Indian arm. NextBillion ally Reuben Abraham (photo) reports on his Zoo Station weblog: I have a joint appointment with the Cornell Center for...
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Commitment to (Private Sector) Development
How do you determine a country?s commitment to international development?? I wouldn?t know where to start, but thankfully, researchers at the Washington, DC-based Center for Global Development have published an index to help us sort it out.? The Commitment to Development Index, published...
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