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Book Review: Paul Polak’s Out of Poverty
So far, 2008 has been a great year in terms of attention to BoP and market-based solutions to poverty. Out of Poverty, a new book by Paul Polak, founder of International Development Enterprises (IDE), just hit the shelves this month and will certainly add to this momentum. IDE’s recent...
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Job – Chief Operating Officer, Scojo Foundation
Position: Chief Operating Officer Location: Hyderabad, India with frequent international travel to the US, China, Africa and Latin America (30%) Organization: Scojo Foundation is a global social enterprise, currently operating in 13 countries, which creates jobs and sustains livelihoods...
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Spotlighting “Creative Capitalism:” It Is What You See
Today, Bill Gates’ speech at Davos has thrown the spotlight on “creative capitalism” and an emerging groundswell of interest in market-based solutions and business models that can drive positive social and environmental change. The excitement around these ideas to create...
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Google.org: Fuel the Growth of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
Both the New York Times and Emeka Okafor’s Timbuktu Chronicles point out Google.org’s newly-announced philanthropic commitment to small and medium-sized enterprises. From the Google.org web site: Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are critical for creating more equitable...
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Emerging-Market Multinationals: BoP or Not?
The January 10th edition of the Economist takes note, in two separate pieces, of the huge successes of a handful of large MNCs. It highlights how these firms have successfully shaken up their industries and acquired well-known brands in their efforts to capture large swaths of global market...
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Africa Misrepresented ? What Does it Mean for the BoP?
William Easterly, respected for his contributions to the development debate and widely know for his opposition to the Jeff Sachs camp, recently published an interesting piece entitled How the Millennium Development Goals are Unfair to Africa. The article reveals specific statistical...
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How To Succeed at the BoP: Know Your Customer
Today I’d like to highlight what I see as a frequently occurring theme in BoP business models, and an element that could make it or break it for companies that look to target BoP markets. Entrepreneurship is often cited as the critical component for small and medium-scale enterprises,...
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Global Social Benefit Incubator: A $20,000 BoP Scholarship
Santa Clara University is known in social entrepreneurial circles for its work helping to organize and judge the Tech Museum Awards ? a showcase for social entrepreneurs, mostly from developing countries. Less well-known about the school is the Global Social Benefit Incubator, run by SCU?s...
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