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Guest Post: The Dilemmas of Scaling BoP Ventures
Guest blogger Apoorva Shah, a recent graduate of Rice University, is currently a Wagoner Scholar working with Ashoka: Innovators for the Public to research the influence of social entrepreneurship on public policy. Currently in S?o Paulo, Brazil, he wrote this post from Colombo, Sri Lanka. ...
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Job: Associate – SeaChange Capital Partners
Position: AssociateLocation: South Norwalk, CTOrganization: SeaChange Capital Partners is an entrepreneurial nonprofit finance firm established by former leaders of Goldman Sachs. Our mission is to enhance the flow of growth capital from wealthy donors to select high-performing...
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2008 Skoll World Forum Preview
I like late March. Here in New York - and in Washington, where I used to live - late March is when spring starts to take hold, bringing longer, warmer days. It’s also when the annual Skoll World Forum takes place, bringing a breath of fresh air to cloudy, rainy England (apologies for the...
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Job: Research Consultant – Growing Inclusive Markets
Position: Research Associate, Growing Inclusive Markets (UNDP) Location: New York Duration: Two-month consultancy, early April through the end of May 2008. Organization: “Growing Inclusive Markets” is a new multi-stakeholder initiative, led by the United Nations Development...
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A Call for Action in Latin America
Today’s main headline in the online version of El Tiempo, Colombia’s largest newspaper, reads as follows: “Government abandonment and malnutrition ramble in Choc?, where 17 children starved to death"In a couple of hours, another headline will replace Choc?’s tragedy...
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Micro-loans and Macro-expectations
Via NextBillion ally Reuben Abraham, I was pointed to James Surowiecki’s recent article, What Microloans Miss in The New Yorker.Surowiecki points out that while microfinance does a tremendous amount of good, there are also real limits to what it can accomplish. With over $25 billions of...
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Using Microfinance to Bring Safe Drinking Water to Rural India
Guest blogger Mallika Ahluwalia works for ACCESS Development Services, an Indian firm providing inclusive and innovative livelihood solutions enabling the poor to ovecome poverty and live with dignity. By Mallika AhluwaliaYakalakshmi lives in Nekkunda village, part of the Telengana region...
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For-Profit, Non-Profit or Both: The Funding Gap
When talking with people inside the “base of the pyramid” (BoP) community, I often hear strong opinions about how BoP ventures should be set up.? Some people strongly support registering these ventures as for-profit entities, while others maintain that BoP activities can start out as...
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