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Pop!Tech: MobileMetrix Makes the Base of the Pyramid Visible Again
"Who are they?” Melanie Edwards asks us.? Frankly, we don’t know ? and neither does the government.? These are the people of Morro de Macacoes ? Portuguese for “Hill of the Monkeys” ? and they are among the 1 billion people worldwide whose existence has no...
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Job: Research Internship at E+Co
Position: Research InternLocation: Amsterdam or Bloomfield, NJOrganization: E+Co, a non-profit investment firm focusing on clean energy enterprises in developing countries, is seeking a qualified graduate level (Masters) student for research and writing assignments. The internship will last...
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Video: Al Hammond on Rural Franchise Pharmacies
Al Hammond - a NextBillion.net Staff Writer and one of the site’s progenitors - is featured in a short video produced by his new employer, Ashoka. In it, Al describes why he moved over to Ashoka and what he’s doing there - specifically, he tells viewers about his work mentoring 7...
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Roberts Enterprise Development Fund: Creating Jobs for Communities Facing Significant Barriers to E
"If people don’t have a job, they don’t have hope. And if you don’t have hope, what do you really have?” (George Roberts of Kohlberg, Kravis Roberts & Co., the founder of REDF)Recently Jocelyn Wyatt and I were fortunate to have Carla Javits, the President of REDF...
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Capitalism Next Seminar at UC Berkeley
On November 10th, I have the privilege to sit on a panel at the Hass School of Business at UC Berkeley to discuss base of the pyramid business models with Katie Schmitz from Water Health International and Israel Moreno from CEMEX’s Patrimonio Hoy Program. Sponsored by the Berkeley Net...
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Better by Design Conference Next Week: You Should Try to Make It to Providence
If you’re interested in the power of design and design thinking to address the challenges of poverty and environmental degradation, please read on. If, on top of it, your schedule is open for next weekend and your budget allows you to, book a ticket to Providence and?grab a seat at?the...
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Learning about Market-Based Approaches for Reducing Poverty
This fall,?Jocelyn Wyatt and I?taught a seven week course at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, which?spanned the worlds of philanthropy, business and many of the way points in between. We were both Acumen Fund Fellows (class of 2007) and as?part of our post-Fellowship goals each...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology Supports a Development Through Enterprise Ecosystem
At NextBillion.net, we follow the various universities leading innovation in base of the pyramid strategy and research.? It gets better when this research leads to actionable, practical solutions for development.? The?Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)?is becoming a center of...
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