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“Is It Right to Have The Poor Pay?”
Asks BOPreneur Paul Hudnut in a blog post published this weekend. He does so in response to the Fast Company article about J-PAL, which I linked to late last week and cites one of its researchers arguing against the practice of charging fees at the BoP. I’d like to add a couple of additional arguments to the discussion Paul started.
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Weekly Roundup: $500k for Clean Energy in India, and More
I’ll add to Francisco’s Thanksgiving post to say thank you to NextBillion’s readers. Also, give thanks for challenges, prizes, and some links to good thinking and good works.
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Thanks, IDEO. Thanks, J-PAL. Happy Thanksgiving to You All.
NextBillion is housed by US-based organizations, which means we’ll be taking a short break for the next few days. We’ll be back on track with lots of interesting content on Monday. But wait! Don’t press your space bar just yet. Keep reading if you’re interested in taking with you a couple of noteworthy pieces to read over this long weekend.
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If You Saw Money Lying on the Street, Would You Pick It Up?
Though broad business opportunities in the largely untapped markets at the base of the economic pyramid exist, few multinational companies have taken advantage of them. So what does it take "to pick up that money lying in the street"? And is it really that easy to seize those opportunities?
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Are You in London? Save the Date for a Conversation on Business, Poverty and Climate Change
If you happen to be in or around London the first week of December, here’s an event you won’t want to miss. Convened by our allies at Business Fights Poverty, Business Innovations to Fight Climate Change and Poverty will bring together a number of key players representing various perspectives of the development through enterprise discussion.
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Update on the Base of the Pyramid Space in Asia
Reporting from Kathmandu, I wanted to update our readers on events and resources in the Asia region. What follows is a list with links and more to help you navigate the latest in Asia.
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Do Public/Private Global Initiatives Make a Difference?
Over the last five years, the public and private sectors have introduced a number of initiatives aimed at bridging the digital divide and bringing computers to under-served markets. Intel’s World Ahead and the UN’s Global Alliance on ICT Development are just two examples. Five years is enough time to assess how successful these initiatives are.
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Vittana: Student Loans and a New Generation of Microfinance
Vittana is a non-profit start-up founded to bring student loans to the developing world, a yet-to-be-tackled market failure. It aims to fulfill its mission by sharing best practices with microfinance organizations and by tapping into potentially millions of small investors through its person-to-person microlending website.
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