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ANDE?s 2010 Impact Report Charts A Growth Course
Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) released its second annual impact report today, which highlighted the growth of the small and growing business (SGB) sector with the launch of new 31 funds looking to SGBs in emerging markets, in addition to the impact of their 110 members on the sector.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- impact investing
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Why Inclusive Growth is Critical for Economic Success in Brazil’s BoP
Racial and gender inequity, sex tourism, cultural tourism, and economic opportunity form a complex intersection in Brazil, though it is one that is shifting. Upgrading labor market access through transportation, education and social policies - and this has already begun. But can Brazil’s tourism industry be shifted to perpetuate greater equality?
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- Investing
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NextThought (Tuesday): Meeting Customers in the Middle and Other HBR Insights
This month’s Harvard Business Review ambitiously re-calibrates the dialogue on corporate social responsibility and the true meaning of shared value in rebuilding capitalism?s sullied reputation following the financial crisis. The HBR authors also implore established companies to "take a page from startups" by treating each emerging market as new.
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A LIVE Chat with Ted London and YOU
What better occasion for our first live conversation than the release of a new book that aims to change the conversation about doing business with the BoP? Please join us at 12 PM EST on Thursday, December 16, 2010, for a Webchat with Ted London, co-editor of the book Next Generation Business Strategies for the Base of the Pyramid.
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- Investing
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’NextThought Monday’: Lisa Simpson, Carl Schramm and Skepticism
NextThought Monday is a new feature I?m starting at here NextBillion. Each Monday, I hope to introduce a new idea, point of view, or simply a guide to help you chart out the week ahead in the BoP space. This week we’ll explore the skepticism of microfinance and international development, and what we can learn from it.
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- Investing
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ANDE Conference Wrap Up: Video Interviews
The second-annual Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) conference wrapped up with several goals for 2011, including plans to launch at least two additional regional hubs, launch a research agenda and hold 2011 annual conference. For more, as well as several video interviews with participants, please read on.
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- Investing
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ANDE Conference Live: Dr. Rajiv Shah’s Opening Plenary
The 2010 Annual ANDE Conference kicked off with Dr. Rajiv Shah, current USAID Administrator, giving the opening plenary, outlining new focuses for USAID in the small and growing business field.
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- Investing
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Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know: The Philanthrocapitalism Debate
Resolved: Market-based models will save the world. Bishop, New York Bureau Chief of The Economist and co-author of Philanthrocapitalism: How the Rich Can Save the World, spoke in the affirmative. Edwards, Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos and author of the newly published Small Change: Why Business Won’t Save the World, took up the negative.
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- Investing
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