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Jane Nelson on Business’ Role in Development
Jane Nelson, who wears many hats (IBLF, Kennedy School, Brookings), spoke yesterday at a meeting of the Global Poverty Roundtable at the GlobalWorks Foundation here in Washington. Jane offered a wide-ranging, yet concise summary of all of the ways business can engage in development. Jane said ...
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Next Billion Customers? Intel’s Already a World Ahead
Last week, I sat in a conference room full of DC development-types over lunch, listening to a presentation sponsored by the Society for International Development.? It was standard stuff - the woman next to me was reading the New York Times as folks shuffled in, and I spotted a few people I...
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The Spark Group: Igniting Possibilities
I came across, by chance, what promises to be a very interesting venture.A group of Indian youngsters are launching a social venture called The Spark Group. They have been educated at Ivy League universities such as MIT Sloan and Yale. Ayan Sarkar and Priya Naik - two of the founders - have...
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How Will eBay Affect Peer to Peer Lending?
Microcapital reports (via Auctionbytes) that eBay has moved into the peer-to-peer lending space with the purchase of MicroPlace.? This is significant because eBay is far from the first to enter this space - which is currently dominated by Kiva, Zopa, and Prosper. How will a big company like...
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Women at the BOP
In my old age I?ve come to understand that points of ideological contention can be very eye-opening. My friend Akwasi and I considered each other relatively liberal, like-minded urbanites until we had the ?gender role? conversation. Yes, that one ?the quintessential Mars/Venus debate....
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Intel’s World Ahead Program – Event Today in DC
Sorry for the late notice, but if you don’t have lunch plans today and are in or around Washington, try to swing over to DuPont Circle for what promises to be a fascinating talk. Jeffery Galinovsky (of Intel’s Emerging Markets Platform Group) will present World Ahead, an Intel program...
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BOP Job Announcement – WRI and NextBillion
WRI’s Development Through Enterprise team (also known as the NextBillion staff) has an immediate opening for a full-time, paid intern.? This position will be responsible for research and writing assignments documenting the intersection between business and development.? As you know, we...
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News Roundup: Good Capital and The $2000 Car
An assortment of BOP-related news stories came out over the weekend (or over the last week or so).? Some are longer than others - particularly well-written are the two Forbes stories on Good Capital and Tata Motors. First, my friend Kevin Jones was profiled in Forbes late last week.? Kevin,...
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