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Entrepreneurialization of Government
Something that has consistently bothered me since I began exploring the “business for social good” continuum is the notion (implied, but not often stated), that the government has been usurped as the primary provider of public goods. Government has failed and private enterprise must...
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Introducing Ella Delio
The NextBillion.net team and the World Resources Institute are pleased to introduce Ella Delio as a Senior Associate working with the Markets and Enterprise program (which includes NextBillion.net). Ella has 8 years of relevant experience in enterprise and private sector development....
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TED Global — Cheetahs or Hippos?
That TED Global came and went without so much as a whisper here on NextBillion.net is a shame.? The curator, Emeka Okafor, is a friend and also the mind behind Timbuktu Chronicles, a must-read for those of us in the BOP set.? How could I miss reporting on his major conference? Thankfully,...
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Update on Comments
For those of you who have been watching the site, you know that comments were temporarily disabled on the site last week because of a spam attack. Commenting is back on now for everyone, so please comment away... We’ll be keeping an eye on the site to help keep it this way. Happy...
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TONIGHT: Microfinance Club of NY Event
Via Pablo Halkyard, who many will recognize as a co-founder of PSD Blog. He’s now up at NYU doing a master’s degree. In any case, Pablo sent me an e-mail regarding the following event...if you’re in NYC, check it out:The Microfinance Club of New York in cooperation with The...
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Base of the Pyramid — Cartoon Edition
This came across my desk via Virginia Barreiro, director of New Ventures.? For your Tuesday afternoon (EDT) pleasure....
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Indian Education: Missing Markets, New Opportunities
The role of the private sector in promoting education is a topic of considerable interest and discussion. Atanu Dey’s series of blog posts on The Indian Education System make for good reading.An extract:"Imagine for a bit what it would be like if education were provided by private...
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Karnani: Microfinance Misses Its Mark
Aneel Karnani, the Michigan strategy professor and controversial author of “Mirage at the Bottom of the Pyramid", has a new article in the Summer edition of the Stanford Social Innovation Review.? “Microfinance Misses Its Mark” examines some of the failures of microfinance,...
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