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Drink Specials and Development
The Flor de Cana flowed and there was a palpable air of creativity and connectedness last week at the Business in Development happy hour. It must have been the crowd. There are many bright passionate minds working in the field of private-sector development, and the event, hosted by Agora...
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Venture Finance and Small Business Development in Central America – IPEG Meeting
Venture Finance and Small Business Development in Central America - International Private Enterprise Group August Meeting Featuring Ricardo TeranOn August 2, please join us for a discussion on micro venture capital and development from one of Latin America’s leading social entrepreneurs....
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News Roundup: NextBillion Consumers at the Bottom of the Pyramid
NextBillion posted three recent news stories yesterday; the three of them address the fact that the four billion people in the world living in poverty are indeed an excellent market. Investing in the BOP has proven to work for multinational corporations. More than ever, the BOP hypothesis is...
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Biofuels and the BOP II: A Way Forward?
The debate that Rob touched on last week rages on: Are biofuels bad for the BOP? An article on SocialFunds.com recaps some of the controversy.Audeamus says the price hikes on staple crops will be temporaryPresident Lula claims biofuels are good for poor nations because it will allow them to...
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Rising Ventures: Florestas – An Authentically Brazilian Company With an Authentically Green Image
New Ventures Intern Jesse Last muses on pub trivia and a conversation with one of the most innovative entrepreneurs in the personal care products market. I got an interesting pub trivia question the other night - what is the body’s largest organ? I promptly shouted “liver” and...
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Returns to Capital in Microenterprises
What are the returns to capital when it comes to microfinance? What are the effects of demand shocks, entrepreneurial ability, and other independent variables? Many in the microfinance (and enterprise development) communities have wondered about these very questions for years, but little...
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Angels in Sao Paulo – Evidence of the Increasing Role of Partnerships
The Financial Times today released an insightful series of reports on corporate citizenship and philanthropy. It’s especially worth taking a look at the articles on social investment and social entrepreneurship as they explore the trend of increasing convergence between the non-profit and...
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Two New African Venture Funds
Two new funds to facilitate private sector development in Africa are being raised as we speak.The first, the Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund, is the result of a Commission for Africa recommendation. It seeks to ?catalyze the private sector to innovate and find profitable ways of improving...
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