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  • John Paul

    New Feature on NB.net: Regionalized News

    The Newsroom has been regionalized, allowing you to easily view the latest BOP news from a specific part of the world. Regional RSS feeds are now available as well.The regions, defined on the map below, include: Latin America, North Africa & the Near East, Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe...

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  • Al Hammond

    Global Health in the News

    Bill Clinton and Bill Gates held forth Wednesday afternoon at the Time Global Health Summit in New York City. Both have made global health issues a priority through their foundations, and both received a standing ovation for the work that they have done. What was fascinating was how much they...

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  • John Paul

    A Shell Foundation interview with development expert William Easterly

    This interview originally appeared in the Shell Foundation’s October Newsletter.The Shell Foundationhas conducted an enlightening interview with former World Bankeconomist and respected academic William Easterly. As the author of abestselling book and numerous articles about the...

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  • Rob Katz

    The Prahalad Interview: Brazil’s Valor

    The Brazilian economic journal Valor recently interviewed University of Michigan professor and The Next Practice founder C.K. Prahalad about business strategies for the base of the pyramid. The full interview, translated from the Portugese, follows below. (Translation credit: Alex...

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  • Malawi dials E-Currency party line

    In mid-September, users of Malawi’s Telecom Networks (TNM) received a text message saying “With TNM you can now recharge your friends mobile using TNM directtop up service. Just use the following command: *112*phonenumber*recharge pin*. Its that easy"Whatdoes this mean? Well, TNM...

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  • Rob Katz

    NextBillion.net selected as “Best of the New Web” by BusinessWeek editors

    NextBillion.net has been selected as an “editor’s pick” in BusinessWeek’s Best of the New Web feature. Under the category “Giving Back,” NextBillion.net shares space with DonorsChoose.org, Omidyar.net, OneWorld.net, and WorldChanging. Talk about good company!I just want...

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  • John Paul

    Taking the Internet to the People

    Of all the hi-tech products and services that have been made available to the BOP, perhaps none has received as much attention as digital connectivity. And with good reason ? information and communication technologies (ICTs) have been used in a wide variety of ways to create social and...

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  • AmyS

    Innovative SMEs addressing environmental challenges

    WRI’s New Ventures program held its third Investor Forum in Mexico last week and honored four enterprises as winners of the Business Plan competition. All nine companies that presented in the competition were selected for their commitment to environment and their financial profitability....

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