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SMES In Egypt, Jordan to Benefit from $500 Million in U.S. Loans
The Overseas Private Investment Corp., an independent agency of the U.S. government, secured $500 million for a lending facility , of which half will be provided to Egypt and the rest to Jordan. OPIC will guarantee loans by local banks to SMEs, microfinance institutions and other approved borrowers. By filling in the gap in access to credit by SMEs in Jordan and Egypt, the initiative aims to spu...
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Telefonica and Inclusive Businesses: Interview with Alberto Andreu
Many firms are dabbling in various ways in initiatives related to inclusive businesses, social entrepreneurship, and social innovations. The challenges they face range from scope, process of forming partnerships, funding, and adjustments in the organizational structure. Telef?nica is a company that has focused strategically on these topics.
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InVest in a Small Business, See Your Impact – In Real Time
InVenture, founded by former financial analyst Shivani Siroya, melds the P2P website model - one of the founding pillars of Kiva- with investing in SMEs in the developing world. You can go on the InVenture site and invest as little as $25 in an SME in the developing world and receive constant updates on your business’ progress and social impact.
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Progress and Promises: Exploring the BoP with Monitor Inclusive Markets
In May, Monitor Inclusive Markets released a report on market-based solutions in Africa across six countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Profiling 440 enterprises, "Progress and Promises" represents the largest study to date of social enterprises in Africa. It grew out of a simple observation: the aid model is broken. But what’s the alternative?
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NexThought Monday: Beyond Slogans – Relevant Communications to Fight HIV
Sometimes, slogans work wonders. IBM is building a Smarter Planet - and expanding its market potential by upwards of 40 percent globally, thanks to the campaign. Just Do It stole a quarter of the U.S. sports-shoe category for Nike in its first decade. But sometimes, slogans are really, really dangerous.
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ViewChange Video of the Week: Beyond a Dollar a Day
Pro Mujer, a development organization working with women in Latin America, started out focusing on training. But it discovered that education only goes so far, and began issuing microloans so that women could start their own businesses and improve not only their lives but also the lives of their families.
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A Few Things Every Entrepreneur Should Know About Communication
While money, technology and innovation are considered more glamorous and therefore more important, communication is the single most critical factor in the success of any endeavor. I don’t mean the numbing volume of information and opinions from "experts." Communication is a system, and like all systems, it is perfectly designed to produce results.
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NextBillion On Your iPad, Thanks To Ashoka Changemakers, Flipboard
If you’ve got an Apple iPad, then you’ve got access to NextBillion.net in full, clear, tablet vibrancy ... for free. Thanks to our content partner, Ashoka Changemakers, NextBillion has been included in Flipboard, a quickly growing, personalize-able e-magazine that pulls together sources and streams from numerous publications and blogs.
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