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NexThought Monday: Training Half a Billion People for Good Jobs: How Governments and Vocational Efforts Are Leaving Out the BoP, How to Reform Them for Inclusion
Outdated curriculum and low-paid teachers mean many vocational institutions are simply unable to prepare the students for employability. In the past decade, however, a handful of institutions have been able to provide high quality vocational programs to the bottom of the pyramid.
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NexThought Monday: Higher Education Solutions Network and the (Potential) Power Specialization: USAID’s ambitious new program will link universities, science and development
On Friday, USAID announced the launch of a Higher Education Solutions Network (HESN) — an ambitious five-year partnership linking seven American and foreign universities to harness the insights of students and professors in science and technology to combat a variety of global health and development challenges.
To start, USAID is providing $26 million across the seven institutions, and could supply a total ceiling $130 million over the life of the program. The universities making up the HESN include: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), University of California – Berkeley, Michigan State University, Duke University, Texas A&M University, The College of William & Mary, and Makerere University in Uganda. The goal is to apply science and technology, as well as entrepreneurship, to define and solve key problems in areas such as global health, food security and chronic conflict. USAID said the network will consist of 22 additional funded, and 76 non-funded partners in the U.S. and overseas.- Categories
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The ‘Unconventional Collaborations’ PopTech Approach: How to turn ‘silos of excellence’ into a network
Leetha Filderman, president of PopTech, says most of the work of solving today’s most pressing challenges is carried out by specialists in specific domains, or “silos of excellence”. But this approach slows the spread of innovation from field to field, limits our awareness of what tools are even available, and throttles the pace of change. PopTech’s approach advocates a network that complements the silos.
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Education boosts role of local women
Women in the Tibet autonomous region enjoy rising social status and are stepping beyond their traditional roles, according to an official at the Tibet Women's Federation.
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Study paints sad picture of women in poor countries
Women perform more than half of all economic activities in developing countries but only a third of their work is captured by statisticians, a new report says.This means women are likely to miss out on business, industrial and social development opportunities arising from globalisation.
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NexThought Monday: Unlocking Intrapreneurship with Language
Intrepreneurship, innovation and corporate social responsibility (along with all their nuanced pseudonyms) are labels for activities and values that are used in order to separate them from business as usual. Of course, the cost of that to business is high, since they have become something separate from the normal life of a corporation, and they shouldn’t.
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The Best of October on NB: The most-read, most-commented and ‘hidden gem’ posts of the month
After several months on hiatus, I’m glad to reprise our monthly awards for the best of the best on NextBillion for the month gone by. Thank you to all NextBillion contributors and congratulations to our monthly most-read, most-commented and hidden gem posts.
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QMágico’s co-founder talks social entrepreneurship and education in Brazil
Thiago Feijão was one of the panelists speaking at Entrepreneur Week Brazil, which took place for the first time in Rio de Janeiro last week. As the co-founder of edtech startup QMágico, he talked about social entrepreneurship and education opportunities in Brazil.
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- Education, Technology
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- Latin America
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