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Guest Post: Data That Count
Guest blogger Bill Kramer is principal of The Global Challenge Network, LLC, an executive education and training company. From 2001 through mid-2007, he worked on pro-poor business strategies with WRI. Previously, Bill founded a non-profit focusing on the relationship of knowledge to economic...
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Hot Off the Stove? Envirofit Sells Out; Ramps Up
Last month, NextBillion ally and BOPreneur Paul Hudnut reported on his blog that Envirofit, a company he helped start, had already sold 10,000 high-efficiency cookstoves to BoP consumers in India. This week, Envirofit announced that it was ramping up production to meet demand - though not on...
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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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