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Looking Back at The Best of 2010
It’s the end-of-year holiday season and we take some time to reflect on what 2010 meant for the Next Billion and the Base of the Pyramid idea. Starting on Monday you’ll have a chance to read a special series...
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Rural Marketing Congress India 2010: Reaching the 700 Million
Rural Marketing Congress India 2010 organized by Ideas-Exchange earlier this month. The event brought together panelists and delegates from companies of varied sectors and sizes - all focused on marketing to the 700 million strong and largely under-served Indian rural market.
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Five Reasons BusinessWeek is Wrong About Pakistan
A recent article from BusinessWeek entitled, "A Silver Lining In Pakistan," posited that the flooding disasters "may have given the country an opportunity to tackle a recurring point of contention in Pakistan: feudalism" through jobs creation. Yes, it is critical to create jobs, but that alone will neither solve poverty nor wash away feudalism.
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Guest Post: ThinkImpact Offers A New Approach to Catalyzing Rural Entrepreneurs
How do we unlock the innumerable income opportunities at the BoP? I started ThinkImpact as a vehicle to find answers to this question. We’re seeking applicants to join us on our 10-week Innovation Institute Scholars Program in rural Kenya and South Africa - where they will live work with entrepreneurs to develop community-based social innovations.
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Weekly Roundup-12/17/2010: Accessing Finance, Opportunity and More
As the holiday season approaches and many emails begin to switch to holiday travel mode next week, I want to take a moment to let everyone know that at NextBillion the lights will continue to burn brightly. So be sure to drop in to the site to participate in this conversation. Now on to the weekly roundup...
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How to Save Microfinance from the Indian Government
Microfinance is on the brink of collapse in Andhra Pradesh and across India, but the market for banking to the ultra poor will not disappear. Therefore, the time is ripe for a discussion about the core competency of microfinance and what institutions will fill this void in the coming years, be they for profit or not.
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iuMAP: Milaap Bridges the Gap for Microfranchisors
Capital investment is expensive and involves risk; if the already vulnerable entrepreneur fails to sell her inventory, she’s stuck with the liability. Inspired by his work with the business development team of SKS Microfinance, Anoj Viswanathan founded Milaap, a crowd-funded, low-cost, risk-tolerant capital model focused on microfranchises.
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Via Acumen Blog: Can We Believe the Hype about Impact Investing?
The following post is by John Simon, author of the new report from the Center for Global Development: More than Money: Impact Investing for Development. The report is being released today, and the Center for Global Development will hold a live webcast of the launch event from 4-5:30 PM EDT. We’d welcome your reactions on the event and report.
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