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Job: Business Development Analyst, Acumen Fund
Position: Business Development Associate/AnalystLocation: New York CityOrganization: Acumen Fund is a global non-profit venture capital fund serving the four billion people living on less than $4 a day. Its objective is to create a blueprint for building financially sustainable and scalable...
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How to Stimulate Innovation in India?
This is exactly the same question that was asked by the World Bank last year and I have recently had the chance to read their subsequent report ?Unleashing India?s Innovation?. All in all it was an interesting reading with a complete analysis of the main innovation levers in the...
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Roundup: Growing Inclusive Markets, iBOP Asia and More
A quick roundup of base of the pyramid news and notes, including a few new publications that have made it on my to-read list: The UN Development Program launched a new website highlighting its Growing Inclusive Markets Initiative, which Staff Writer Grace Augustine covered here. (Full...
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Doing Business Series Gets Slammed by World Bank Watchdog
"So, what do you think about the IEG report?” I was g-chatting with my friend Smita the other night when she brought up the World Bank. “What IEG report? What’s the IEG?” I replied, showing my ignorance of the latest Bank goings on (and of the acronym ? it stands for...
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Job: Interns/ Volunteers for the Question Box Project
Rose Shuman, founder of Open Mind and the innovative Question Box project, shared with us?the following?work opportunity. Please read on if you are interested in working with the venture that is?making the ’Digital Alladin’s Lamp’ a reality.?Position: Interns/...
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Reporting from the Growing Inclusive Markets Forum
This past weekend, I had the pleasure of attending the Growing Inclusive Markets Forum in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The conference was hosted by the Faculty of Management of Dalhousie University and the Coady Institute of St. Francis Xavier University. The Growing Inclusive Markets initiative...
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Job: VP Sales and Operations, VisionSpring
Position: VP of Sales and Operations Location: New York - with 30% international travel Organization: VisionSpring (formerly Scojo Foundation) is a global social enterprise, currently operating in 13 countries, which creates jobs and sustains livelihoods through the sale of affordable...
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Guest Post: Design for Social Impact – What Does It Mean and Why Should We Care?
Guest blogger Jocelyn Wyatt works for the design firm IDEO, leading its base of the pyramid projects. Prior to joining IDEO, Jocelyn was an Acumen Fund Fellow in Kenya. She holds a MBA from Thunderbird. Jocelyn blogs at Design and Reach.By Jocelyn WyattAs NextBillion.net mentioned last...
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