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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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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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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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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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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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PBS releases new microfinance documentary TONIGHT
Tonight, many PBS affiliates will feature the premiere of Small Fortunes: Microcredit and the Future of Poverty, an hour-long documentary exploring issues of poverty and microcredit. The program?s web site includes an easy-to-use station finder that allows viewers to find out when it will...
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“Sad study” highlights aid’s ineffectiveness
What is the impact of development aid on economic growth?This critical question has been the topic of debate among development experts, economists, policymakers, civil society, and business ? especially here on NextBillion.net. Some answers may be emerging, and they point out that...
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