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From the Classroom: Finnovations at Work
At business school, we hear a lot about financial innovations that spur economic growth in developing countries. On paper, these ideas sound incredible, infallible, and a developed, prosperous world is just around the corner. But in practice, which ideas are really working and can we really tell from the safe confines of a university?
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SME Banking: The Next Frontier in Low-Income Finance
SME Banking represents the next frontier in BoP finance in terms of its social impact and the sophistication required for profitably serving the poor. In this post and based on a recent IFC publication, the SME Banking Knowledge Guide, I explain how commercial banks are catering to SMEs by taking recourse to their competitive advantages.
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Indicorps Fellowships – Apply by March 1
Question: What do you get when you mix equal parts Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy?Answer: The ideal Indicorps Fellow.
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Are You Unreasonable? Vote Now!
Were you unreasonable then? If so, then likely you still are. If not, then get with the program! (Just kidding - but seriously - check this out.)Thirty?four young entrepreneurs, hailing from 19 countries are vying for twenty?five spots in a ten?week Boulder?based incubator called the Unreasonable Institute.
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Ashoka Globalizer: Building a Pool of World Class Social Entrepreneurs
Ashoka publically launched the Globalizer website yesterday as part of an exciting new initiative that will enable the world’s leading social entrepreneurs to scale their businesses and reach new markets. The website will facilitate the emergence of a community of world class social entrepreneurs to improve their businesses and share learnings.
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Helping Farmers Pedal Out of Poverty
He has reached over one million small and marginal farmers — those owning less than one acre — in India with his low-cost irrigation tools to meet their water needs. But ask Amitabha Sadangi, CEO of IDE (International Development Enterprises) - India, how we are treat...
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NextBillion Welcomes New Staff Writer Cohort
On behalf of the NextBillion Team, I’m happy to welcome seven development through enterprise professionals who will join the group of Staff Writers.
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Oxfam’s ’Poverty Footprint’ For Business: Know Thyself
In a recent roundup I highlighted an Oxfam "Brief for Business" on their Poverty Footprint Methodology. The footprint concept, intelligently borrowed from the use of the term for carbon, is a comprehensive approach to ’corporate social responsibility’ that I think should open up opportunities for internal business improvement as well.
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