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Let’s Get (BoP Businesses) Started in Here: Doing Business 2008 Released
NextBillion ally Chris Monasterski, editor of the excellent PSD Blog, wrote me a short e-mail this evening alerting me to the release of the 2008 Doing Business rankings.? This year marks the fifth edition of the annual rankings, which measures the ease of doing business in 178 countries...
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Guest Post: Africa Needs Entrepreneurial Infrastructure
Guest blogger Andrew Mack is the Founder and Principal of AMGlobal Consulting, and a former World Bank official. He blogs at Andy’s Global View and can be reached at: contact@amglobal.com By Andrew Mack In his piece last month about “incremental infrastructure", Ethan...
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Executives Sans Fronti?res – Executives Without Borders
Many people are driven to go and work in other countries for some period, especially now that it is easier than before. Traveling and working is an excellent way of learning about the world, gaining first-hand knowledge, and exporting some of our own knowledge. At a personal level,...
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Solar IPOs and Sustainable Enterprise in China
In a recent interview with New Ventures staff, the China Environment Fund?s Steven Guo explains what two recent exits mean for green business growth. PDF Version of this article “Solar IPOs shine,” raved a CNN headline earlier this year, a declaration that comes as little surprise...
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Rising Ventures Investor Profile: Axial Par
New Ventures interviews Axial Par director Paulo Bellotti about his firm’s unique small enterprise development model and the key to successful SME investment. PDF Version of this article The tagline for Brazilian venture capital firm AxialPar is “Investing in Sustainability,"...
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Is there a BOP in the United States?
When I think about people living in the BOP, I immediately picture people in developing countries. I didn?t really picture people in the U.S. as people in the BOP. I have realized now after living for six weeks in the D.C. area that I could not be further from the truth. There is a big...
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Social Entrepreneurs: Echoing Green’s 2007 Fellows
Some of my recent blog posts focused on venture capitalism (Wulff Capital, Agora Partnerships). Well, it must be a trend ? I just came across Echoing Green.Echoing Green is an angel investor for entrepreneurs focused on social change. They provide seed funding and support to entrepreneurs...
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Rising Ventures: Landwasher Cleaning Up Waste Management in China
In his final post on NextBillion, New Ventures Intern Jesse Last ponders the viability of sustainable waste management as exemplified by New Ventures entrepreneur, Landwasher. Read Jesse’s full profile of Landwasher here China’s booming private-sector seems to be getting some...
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