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Chinese Stores Sell Phone Time
We’ve talked a lot on NextBillion about the selling and re-selling of mobile phone minutes, whether its the phone ladies of Grameen Telecom or the sari-sari street merchants of Smart Communications. Now Kevin Kelly (of Wired Magazine and Whole Earth Catalog fame) points us to a cool...
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Finding Lasting Solutions to Mexico’s Environmental Challenges
First of all, a big pat on the back for Ecocreto gaining recognition for its work on NPR recently. Secondly, a disclaimer: As I write this posting about water conservation issues in Mexico City, I realize that not too long ago, I also discussed the City’s air quality problem. I feel bad...
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Fighting Poverty with Organic Agriculture
Today, the Asia Times published an interesting piece on Nazmi Ilicali, a farmer in Eastern Turkey who has made organic agriculture the centerpiece in the fight against rural poverty. Mr. Ilicali?s efforts have gained him international attention and just last year he was honored by the...
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Tomorrow’s Company
What will tomorrow?s companies look like? What impact, if any, will innovation blowback have? PSDBlog?s Michael Jarvis points to a new effort, called Tomorrow?s Global Company, that attempts to arrive at some answers: Now, a UK-based think tank, Tomorrow?s Company, has teamed with...
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BOP Learning Lab India
The BOP Learning Lab, an on-the-ground research project run through Cornell?s Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise, will soon have an Indian arm. NextBillion ally Reuben Abraham (photo) reports on his Zoo Station weblog: I have a joint appointment with the Cornell Center for...
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Commitment to (Private Sector) Development
How do you determine a country?s commitment to international development?? I wouldn?t know where to start, but thankfully, researchers at the Washington, DC-based Center for Global Development have published an index to help us sort it out.? The Commitment to Development Index, published...
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Response to “Mirage at the Bottom of the Pyramid”
Dr. Aneel Karnani has posted a critique of Professor Prahalad?s book, The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid and its thesis?as Karnani describes it?that multi-nationals will enrich themselves and the poor by participating in the base of the pyramid (BOP) market. Karnani describes this...
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PEOPLink Ensures Cash Remittances Will Go ?ParaMiPueblo(.com)?
Is it my imagination or are targeted remittances the next leap in private sector-led development? Enterprises large and small like SMART Communications and FirstMile Solutions have considered implementing programs to tap into this over $170 billion a year industry. But one local NGO, PEOPLink,...
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