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  • NextBillion’s Most Influential Articles

    To commemorate 10 years of NextBillion's Most Influential Article contest, we've gathered each year's winners into this series, which we'll update each year going forward.

  • Heated Debate: Chronicling the Clean Cooking Conversation

    Clean cooking has emerged as a surprising flashpoint in global development conversations. The articles in this series explore the sector's importance – and its ongoing struggles to scale.

  • Recovery: NextBillion’s COVID-19 Series

    NextBillion's “Recovery” series focuses on how businesses and the communities they serve in low- and middle-income countries are gradually recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic’s ongoing effects, while building their ability to navigate future threats. It highlights the new challenges and innovative solutions involved in this recovery phase, aiming to support enterprises, NGOs and funders as they work to convert this unprecedented crisis into an equally historic opportunity for greater resilience. 

  • Openi2i Series

    Openi2i is an initiative of insight2impact, a resource centre that aims to catalyse the provision and use of data by private and public-sector actors to improve financial inclusion through evidence-based, data-driven policies and client-centric product design.

  • Enterprise in the Time of Coronavirus

    This series will explore how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting communities and businesses in emerging and low-income markets, and how enterprises and development organizations can address the grave challenges it is raising.

  • Big Data: Big Risks, Big Opportunities

    This series will highlight the upsides and downsides of the Big Data revolution, exploring how social entrepreneurs can acquire and leverage data more effectively – and where they should draw the line to protect their customers.

  • The (R)evolution of Work

    This series will explore the topic of employment from multiple angles, from the value of going local when recruiting workers, to new digital tools for informal workers, to skills development initiatives that help young people thrive in the age of AI and automation.

  • New Frontiers in Renewable Energy

    Just five years ago, many viewed the renewable energy sector in emerging markets as the domain of CSR projects and small-scale investments – interesting endeavors perhaps, but nowhere near impactful. That dynamic is changing – fast. This series will highlight the innovators, disruptors and intrepid analysts who are pioneering the new world of energy in emerging markets.

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