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Making a World of Difference this Mother?s Day
We know that extremely cost-effective investments allow more children and mothers to survive and thrive - from birth to early childhood education. This year, Save the Children partnered with Link TV’s ViewChange.org to create a documentary that takes a global tour of motherhood, while highlighting some of the remarkable approaches to change.
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Friday Roundup ? 5/6/11: How ’Flexible’ Should Profit/Nonprofits Be?
Two bills that have been introduced in the California Legislature that would carve out two new business/nonprofit hybrid designations.One would create so-called "flexible-purpose corporations," while the other would designate B corps. But for nonprofits and charitable foundations, the change is disquieting.
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’The Price is Wrong’ (For Some Things) at the BoP
The Jameel Poverty Action Lab’s latest bulletin, "The Price Is Wrong," suggests charging small fees to balance access can dramatically reduce uptake, while raising little revenue. While this seems to contradict the entire development through enterprise agenda, a closer look suggests this view isn’t far from what we already know about BoP markets.
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Beyond Payments – Experiences From Mobile Money Pilots
Since M-PESA cracked the market for payments in Kenya, mobile money is a global development dream: New technology enabling the poorest communities to join in modern commerce. As financial inclusion moves beyond credit, mobile banking should go beyond payments, suggests a report by PlaNet Finance and Oliver Wyman. A look at some key findings.
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Friday Roundup: Gratitude and New Challenges
This Friday Roundup is the last post I’ll publish as Managing Editor of NextBillion.net. I would like to thank the NextBillion community at large, but especially those whose trust and advice have allowed me to make a contribution over the last few years.
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Unlocking the Levers for Change: Stop Waiting for Permission
What’s keeping so many from finding their place in this field? As capable as this generation is - we are still waiting for permission. Jacqueline Novogratz, founder of Acumen Fund, the late CK Prahalad, author of Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid, and Bill Drayton Founder of Ashoka didn’t wait for permission - and they created an entire field.
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Time to Grow Up: Financing SMEs With Local Capital
While impact investing and multilateral SME financing are encouraging trends, could they also undermine the journey to adulthood for financial sectors in developing economies? Too much foreign capital from impact investors or multilateral development banks could stunt the growth of financial sectors to can finance SMEs on their own.
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From Unite for Sight: Big Development’s Raw Consequences in ’Good Fortune’
The conference opened with a screening of the award-winning documentary, "Good Fortune" a documentary presenting two stark cases of massive international aid and its consequences. The film follows two Kenyans whose lives collide with outsiders’ projects - one via the UN and another through modern-day farming practices of private industry.
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