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Changemakers, freeing the scavengers
I attended last night’s Ashoka Changemakers award ceremony for the Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation Competition, which was well-attended by business and non-profit fans of social entrepreneurship alike. The Ashoka speakers were self-effacing and concise; first was Sushmita Ghosh,...
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Wringing Profit from the Poor
When I meet people and they ask what I do, I?m often met with a skeptical eye when explaining my promotion of private sector strategies for development. This recent article succinctly describes why. It?s an interview with John Perkins, author of Confessions of an Economic Hit...
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IDB Refines Its Private Sector Strategy
The Inter-American Development Bank?s (IDB) annual meeting opened this week in Brazil amidst violent protests against the agency?s lending practices. Critics contend that the bank’s loans typically help big business, and do little for the masses of Latin American and Caribbean citizens...
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A Note of Caution on Microfinance
With the Year of Microcredit behind us, and investments in the sector accelerating, rarely do you hear criticisms of the much lauded poverty alleviation tool. One notable exception is a recent piece by Thomas Dichter, long-time practitioner in the international development industry and author...
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NextBillion Now Recruiting Interns
Editor’s note: We encourage anyone holding a bachelor’s degree or who will be earning their B.A. or B.S. in the next few months to apply. The application period for NextBillion.net’s internship will end soon! (Updated 12 April 2006)Interested in working in the BOP realm but not sure how to...
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NextBillion Needs You!
You may have noticed a new look to Nextbillion this week. Our crack design team has updated the fonts and colors a bit to make our content more readable. We’ve also added a few new blog topics - water, housing, and marketing - making it easier for you to find the specific information you’re...
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New Ventures announcing launch of featured site on NextBillion
The fact that poverty alleviation and environmentally conscious policies go hand in hand is nothing new, yet much work is needed to support the development of sustainable entrepreneurs at the Base of the Pyramid. WRI?s New Ventures works with these socially responsible entrepreneurs to...
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Innovations: From Base to Top, A Must-Read
From the Base (of the Pyramid) to the Top (of the Ivory Tower)Rarely do I get excited about academic journals. They conjure up memories of researching my undergrad political economy thesis (on political conditionality and microfinance). So when the inaugural issue of Innovations crossed my...
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