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Announcing the NextBillion Case Writing Competition: (AKA: The people you need to impress)
This much you may already know: We’re looking forward to bringing back the NextBillion Case Writing Competition in 2014 thanks to the sponsorship of Citi Foundation and the administrative guidance of GlobaLens. Here’s what you may not know: The people you will need to impress with your cases. I’m excited to announce the judges for next year’s case writing competition.
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- Education
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RuralShores: Bringing jobs to rural India
RuralShores is a business process outsourcing (BPO) company focused on generating rural employment. The Bangalore, India based firm hopes to provide employment to more than 100,000 rural youth by setting up centers in each of India’s 500 rural districts. To help stem the tide of rural young people who migrate to cities in search of jobs, RuralShores creates employment opportunities in small villages.
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- Education, Technology
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Beyond the Clinic: A holistic approach to creating community health in Ecuador
Most health care systems are structured to treat illness. APROFE, an Ecuadorian non-profit, focuses on preventing it by creating thriving communities. Its outreach programs include everything from health education and preventive care to entrepreneurial development, aiming to make communities – and the people in them – healthy, happy and prosperous.
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- Education, Health Care
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China believes in UNIDO, why don’t the rest of us?
The election of China's Li Yong to UNIDO's top slot reveals the country's growing commitment to development.
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- Education
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- Asia Pacific
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- governance
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Innovating to improve the health of women and children: T-HOPE researches innovative delivery models in maternal and child health
Every year, almost 300,000 mothers and 7.6 million children under the age of five die from largely preventable causes - the vast majority at the BoP. The Toronto Health Organization Performance Evaluation, in collaboration with CHMI, researched innovative solutions to maternal and child health care, presenting them at the recent Private Sector in Health symposium in Sydney, Australia.
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- Education, Health Care
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- public health, research
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The 2013 Microfinance Barometer: Who will serve the next billion clients?
2.5 billion people lack access to financial services globally. The 2013 Microfinance Barometer contrasts this need with an overview of the institutions currently serving the sector. Based on data from 1,400 institutions reaching 94 million clients, the report shows a diverse, established microfinance sector - and points to the need for more models to bring financial services to the next billion clients.
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Environment, education and health need urgent progress, says MDG report
Sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia lag behind rest of world, with targets on child and maternal deaths, and sanitation significantly off-target
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Rwanda is building a strong economic reputation
Ask any expat about Rwanda and its bloody genocide is likely to feature strongly, rather than the fact it has one of the world’s best performing economies.
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- Education
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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