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Bill Gates Calls for Capitalism That Serves the Poor
In a speech at Davos today, Bill Gates called for a more inclusive capitalism that “would have a twin mission: making profits and also improving lives for those who don’t fully benefit from market forces.” That is a major milestone in the evolving thinking of perhaps the most...
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Srijan Microfinance Business Plan Competition 2008
Intellecap in partnership with Aavishkaar Goodwell and The Financial Express has announced the launch of the Srijan Microfinance Business Plan Competition 2008. Deadline: March 15, 2008Srijan (meaning creation in English) is a search for entrepreneurs, groups, individuals and microfinance...
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Shell and Envirofit Partner on BoP Cookstoves
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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Profitable Business Models and Market Creation in Deep Poverty
I recently had the opportunity to read an IESE occasional Paper, ?Profitable Business Models and Market Creation in the Context of Deep Poverty: A Strategic View? by Christina Seelos and Johanna Mair of the IESE Business School ? University of Navarra.What makes the paper refreshingly...
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Bogot?s Transmilenio: Transformation of a City ? la BoP?
If you’ve been to Bogot? in the last seven years, you’ve probably noticed a city that is distinctly different from the metropolises of many other Latin American countries. It’s cleaner, more efficient and easier to navigate. Not only that, many of the city’s public spaces exist...
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Two New Papers Explore Base of the Pyramid Concept
Two new papers exploring the ’base of the pyramid’ concept crossed my desk recently. We posted both of them to the Newsroom, but they also merit a slightly longer discussion. First, Jean-Louis Warnholz of the University of Oxford’s Queen Elizabeth House has a new working paper...
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Job Posting: Housing/Land Tenure Consultant, International Finance Corporation
Position: Consulting Assignment Location: Brazil Organization: The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, promotes open and competitive markets in developing countries. IFC supports sustainable private sector companies and other...
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Job Posting: Managing Director, Sustainable Supply Chain Management Center
Position: Managing Director, Sustainable Supply Chain Management CenterLocation: Eugene, OregonOrganization: Lundquist College of Business, University of OregonJob Description: The Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM) Center will be a cornerstone of the Lundquist College of...
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