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Beyond Microcredit: Savings, Assets and Financial Inclusion
Last night I attended a reception to launch Global Savings, Assets and Financial Inclusion, a new report issued by Citi Foundation drawing on the conclusions of last year’s Global Symposium on Savings, Assets and Financial Inclusion organized, among others, by New America...
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Development and Dynamic Ground
Editor’s note: The following blog post was originally published as a comment by Joseph Bornstein, responding to the numerous reactions generated by his previous entry “What Is Called Development?: Exploring The Nexus of Economy""Where do we find ourselves? In a series of...
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Social Capital Markets Conference 2008
I received an e-mail last week from the organizers of Social Capital Markets 2008, a conference bringing together “entrepreneurs who want to change the world and the capital that wants to make it happen.” The organizers of SoCap08 - as they refer to it as - have lined up an all star...
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SEVEN Fund Offers $50K to Spur Investment Indicator Discussion
Editor’s note: I received this e-mail over the weekend, announcing a unique base of the pyramid sector competition.? Read on for details. The Social Equity Venture Fund (SEVEN Fund) has recently launched the VINE (Virtual Integrated Networking Experience) Competition. The unique...
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A Day at the International Development Design Summit
I’m hungry, and it’s getting late; I’m worried about missing my train.? The potluck table full of food isn’t helping my growling stomach, especially as more and more dishes arrive.? A fellow bystander casually offers play-by-play commentary: “India’s represented.?...
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Lunch Time Roundup: Defining Social Enterprise and The Latest on Water Concerns
I believe that the dialogue on philantrocapitalism featured in NextBillion is actually rooted in a?question of semantics. As Edwards points out in his book, the whole conversation surrounding NextBillion.net has coined a number of terms (Social Enterprise/Entrepreneurship, patient/creative...
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A Dialogue on Philanthrocapitalism: The Importance of Listening
This is the fifth and final installment of our series reviewing Michael Edwards’ Just Another Emperor and the concept of ’philanthrocapitalism’. Follow the links to read part 1, part 2, part 3 and part 4. By Rob Katz and Francisco Noguera Philanthrocapitalism ? harnessing...
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Getting Involved in the Base of the Pyramid Movement – Part 1, My Story
I visited the slums of Nairobi in the summer of 2002. I remember being completely overwhelmed by the poor living conditions: large families cramped into little rooms, putrid refuse scattered throughout the neighborhood, young children left seemingly hopeless. I remember thinking to myself, what...
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