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Happy Holidays from NextBillion.net
The NextBillion team will be taking a break in observance of the holiday weekend that starts today. We’ll be back next week with a round up and some retrospective thoughts of what 2009 meant for the Base of the Pyramid movement and what could be expected in 2010.
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Are the Poor Creative Entrepreneurs or Simply Wage Earners?
This question gets asked a lot. For the Indian social enterprise LabourNet, the answer is both. While the necessary development efforts implied by this answer are dynamic, organizations often focus on only the entrepreneurial or wage earning aspect. This is fine, so long as they work in balance with other complimentary programs...
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The $25K Global Social Benefit Incubator 2010
An emerging program at SCU is getting more and more press every year: the Global Social Benefit Incubator or GSBI. Next year, 20 organizations will be selected for a full scholarship, valued at US $25,000, to participate in 4-months of online preparation and then to attend the intensive two week in-residence program (to be held August 15-28, 2010)
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Mastering the Inclusive Markets Research Challenge
Fifteen PhD students and recent graduates that target the "next billion" as a research challenge gathered for the one-week oikos UNDP Young Scholars Development Academy 2009 in Kaubad, Switzerland from the 6th to the 11th of December, 2009. They were brought together by the oikos Foundation and UNDP’s Growing Inclusive Markets.
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Women in Social Enterprise: Three Conversations
I think I may be starting to figure it out: Joanna is a great listener. She seeks out interesting people and asks them probing questions, listening and capturing fantastic insights. Having seen Joanna in action while working for Dial 1298 for Ambulance - where she conducted surveys of low-income customers, among other things - this is no surprise
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Weekly Roundup: Trickle-Up Innovation, and More
When innovation happens at the base of the pyramid and then moves to more wealthy markets - is that moving up? Going in reverse? Or is there a better way to look at it. On the same note, sometimes what is at the periphery of the global economy assumes central importance - like microfinance in Afghanistan. Plus, new events and opportunities.
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Root Capital, E+Co Tap Major New Funding
It must be the (giving) season. Just this week, NextBillion allies and SME investment pioneers Root Capital and E+Co announced $14M each of new investments and grants. Congrats to our friends and colleauges at both Root and E+Co - who have done pioneering work in the agricultural finance and energy finance sectors, respectively.
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Journey for Change: India Snapshot
The UK-based social business Journeys for Change recently brought a group of senior leaders from some of the world?s top private, public and civil society organisations (including Credit Suisse, Swedbank, BonnVentures & the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation) to meet some of India?s most inspiring social entrepreneurs in Calcutta and Hyderabad.
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