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Weekly Roundup: Brewing Inspiration (and Respect)
Two stories this week in the New York Times and Fast Company present arguments against paternalistic tendencies of linking aid to trade and advocate viewing and treating African entrepreneurs as you would any business hopeful.
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- Agriculture, Education
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Intel Releases Rugged Education Tablet for the Developing World
Intel has launched the latest device in its line of classroom computers: a tablet, Intel studybook.The Intel studybook is built to be both a rigorous education tool and a sturdy playmate. It comes loaded with Intel’s Learning Series software, including an interactive ereader and LabCam applications.
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- Education, Technology
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Tools of the Trade: Building a Robust Deal Pipeline of Impact Companies in Emerging Economies (Part 1)
Investors in the impact investing space say they want to see more high quality deals and more companies with a successful investment track records that are quantifiably measuring impact. Apparently, billions of dollars of investment capital could be poised and ready if these three issues can be addressed
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- Education, Environment, Impact Assessment
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Study: OLPC Fails Students as a Tool for Education
The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) program of low-cost laptops for developing countries has not led to any measurable impact in academic achievement, according to a recent report.
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- Education, Impact Assessment, Technology
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- Latin America
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Weekly Roundup: HCD Connect Takes Human-Centered Design to the Hive
Launched on Wednesday with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and IDEO.org - the nonprofit initiative from design firm IDEO - HCD Connect is a new hive for problem solvers. The platform aims to make human-centered design relatable, understandable and infinitely shareable.
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- Education, Technology
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At the 2012 Clinton Global Initiative University: ‘Talent is Universal: Opportunity is Not’
Last weekend over 1,000 students from around the world gathered on the campus of the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. for the 2012 Clinton Global Initiative University. To get there, each of them had to make a commitment to action. From tracking cholera epidemics in Bangladesh, to reducing delinquency among disadvantaged young women in Arkansas through mentoring and coaching, to creating awareness about campus sustainability issues in Florida,
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- Education, Impact Assessment
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Reaping the Demographic Dividend: The Challenges in Creating Jobs for Young India
Six million people are joining the Indian workforce every year, while only 1 million jobs were created last year. In advance of the Sankalp Forum later this month, organizers are hosting a live Twitter chat focused on boosting employment and skill development in the country.
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- Education, Impact Assessment
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On the Impact Road Trip: How Wakami Value Chains are Weaving Change in Guatemala
Business incubator Communities of the Earth targets women in rural villages throughout Guatemala by teaching them how to make bracelets and necklaces. Women who receive the training work together in small groups (called “Wakami Value Chains”) to craft products for Kiej de los Bosques – a Guatemala City-based business that produces an assortment of handicraft products for both national and international consumption.
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- Education, Social Enterprise