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New OTF Innnitiative for East Africa Countries
The OTF group has launched a new initiative: The Pioneers of Prosperity Grant and Award Program. A partnership between the OTF Group and the John F. Templeton Foundation of the United States, the competition promotes companies in East Africa and identifies and cultivates local role models that...
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Introducing NextBillion’s New Staff Writer
I’m happy to introduce our newest staff writer, Ana Escalante, to the NextBillion community.Ana has joined our team as a summer intern.? She has a long-held interest in international development, having observed first hand the effects of poverty and inequality in her community in...
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Changemakers Competition a Magnet for Health Innovations
Ashoka’s Changemakers competition, “Disruptive Innovations in Health and Health Care” closed today, and it looks to be a treasure trove of business model innovations that are bringing health solutions to the BOP. There are entries from microinsurance, franchising, direct selling,...
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Doing Business Meets Google Maps
We’ve talked a lot about the excellent Doing Business reports that the World Bank Group produces every year.? A quick reminder: The Doing Business database provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement. The Doing Business indicators are comparable across 175...
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The Next 4 Billion – Innovations Article
In response to some demand from readers and suggest-ers (not a word, I know), I’m posting the article that Al, Bill, Julia, Cory and I wrote in Innovations. Click “read more” for access to the PDF. Here are the first few paragraphs.Full review of the journal coming soon --...
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Case Study Release: Mi Farmacita Nacional
I’m very happy to announce the release of the WRI business case study, What Works: Mi Farmacita Nacional, authored by Enrique Coronado (’08), Christina Krettecos (’07), and Yvonne Lu (’07) of Columbia Business School.Mi Farmacita Nacional, a fully for-profit pharmacy...
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Business in Development Happy Hour – Washington DC
You are invited to a special Networking Happy Hour to support entrepreneur-driven models of development.?? Come learn about leading organizations working to bring innovative, market-based solutions to global poverty.? Network with others committed to unleashing the potential of small...
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Biofuels and the BOP
Chris Monasterski over at the PSDBlog connects biofuels, world hunger, and The Next 4 Billion report. Wish I had thought of it! (Seriously, bravo Chris.) Check it out - biofuels are driving food costs up, which puts pressure on BOP budgets. The poor are among those most at risk from the...
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