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Hapinoy Is An Open Source Model for Low-Income Markets
Through its network of suki stores, Hapinoy is able to offer other products and services that do not currently reach the BoP market. The founders liken Hapinoy to the iPhone. As the iPhone is an open-source platform for apps created by outside programmers, Hapinoy is a distribution vehicle for products to the BoP developed by social entrepreneurs.
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- Entrepreneurship, Environment
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- Ashoka, natural resources
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Awakening a ’Sleeping Giant,’ Microfranchise as a Distribution Platform
Hapinoy is an example of a conversion franchising model that attracts existing, independently-owned businesses to a standardized network. The company negotiates bulk product purchases via supplier contracts with Nestle and Unilever, among others. Products are purchased in bulk and distributed via ’Hapidelivery’ to a network of community stores.
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- Entrepreneurship, Environment
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- Ashoka, natural resources
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Guest Post: Reflections from Center Stage at the 2011 World Future Energy Summit
It’s a long way from E+Co’s headquarters in Bloomfield, NJ to center stage at the magnificent Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi. But as a result of the focus and commitment of E+Co staff and the dedication of more than 200 energy entrepreneurs in Africa, Asia and Latin America, E+Co was one of the finalists for the Zayed Future Energy Prize (ZFEP).
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- Entrepreneurship, Environment
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33Needs Turning Ideas into Action
Securities law prevents investment in companies not listed with the SEC, creating a barrier for small and medium-sized businesses from funding. Josh Tetrick decided to literally redefine that negative and turn it into a positive by forming 33Needs, a startup crowd-funding website focused on social entrepreneurs.
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- Entrepreneurship, Environment, Impact Assessment, Technology
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The (BoP) Project: Finding Sustainable Water Solutions
The Grundfos LIFELINK system is certainly no robot, but it is about as high-tech as rural water solutions can get. A single-point water supply system with a submersible pump that is powered entirely by solar panels, the water is pumped to an elevated storage tank, then led by gravity to a tap unit in a small, secure concrete housing structure.
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- Agriculture, Environment
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Innovations and Challenges in Carbon Finance
Several clean tech projects serving the poor are, in part, financed by the creation and sale of carbon offsets. Carbon finance improves the product’s value proposition by providing additional revenue streams to make them financially viable and available at a lower price point for end-users.
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- Energy, Environment
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- energy, solar, sustainability
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Sustainable Employment: A Necessary Intervention for the Poor
The global rate for extreme poverty is projected to be 15% in 2015, down significantly from 42% in 1990. Still, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, is a call to explore all possible approaches to stabilize the volatile lives of the poor.
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- Environment
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