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  • John Paul

    Report: Private Sector Strategies for Providing Healthcare at the Base of the Pyramid

    The role of the private sector in improving the delivery of healthcare in developing countries is still being debated. Although private sector strategies may improve efficiencies and lower costs, some fear that turning healthcare entirely into a consumer service will marginalize the poor even...

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  • Rob Katz

    HealthStore Case Study Details Franchise Approach to Healthcare

    WRI’s latest What Works case study, HealthStore’s Franchise Approach to Healthcare - Harnessing the profit motive to deliver public health in Kenya, is now available at the NextBillion.net Resources page. The 43-page case study, written by Columbia University MBA students, outlines how a...

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  • Sara Standish

    Soweto TV: Reaching 4 Million in South Africa

    Today the South African Mail & Guardian featured an article on the launch of Soweto TV, a community television station that is designed to train and empower locals to produce news that reflects their reality. Much like, TV Rocinha that was featured at WRI’s Base of the Economic Pyramid...

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  • Fixing MFI Flaws to reach the poorest poor

    There have been many criticisms of microfinance as an ineffective way of reaching out to the poorest of the poor. The problems cited:-MFIs deliberately avoid the poorest whom they believe can never repay loans-loans that would help the poorest would be too small to be profitable even for...

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  • Al Hammond

    A New Model for Success at the BOP: Interview with David Wheeler, Part 1

    Multinational companies (MNCs) have a significant role to play in private sector strategies aimed at benefiting markets at the base of the pyramid (BOP). From a development perspective however, the role of local actors, especially indigenous small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), may be...

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  • John Paul

    Healthcare Delivery: World Class Services

    This is the final post in my series on financially sustainable models that provide high quality healthcare to the poor. A compilation of all posts will be available to download as a PDF next week.Healthcare for the poor is typically regarded as substandard, and it sometimes is. But a...

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  • Rob Katz

    How Important is Scaling Up? Debate from TBLI

    WorldChanging’s Nicole Anne Boyer was able to attend the 7th Triple Bottom Line Investment (TBLI) conference in Frankfurt a few weeks back. Her thorough reporting from the event is a must-read for folks interested in socially responsible investment and its associated spin-offs (including...

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  • Sara Standish

    Next Generation of Business Leaders ?Bridge the Gap?: 2005 Net Impact Conference

    This year?s Net Impact Conference, held at Stanford?s Graduate School of Business was by all accounts a huge success. Here are some quick stats: ? Over 1,400 participants from schools across the U.S. and internationally? Over 200 speakers on approximately 75 panels? 6...

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