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Four experts comment on what they consider to be the challenges and opportunities for global health over the next 12 months.
Looking Ahead at Global Health in 2013Blog Post
Multinational companies like to describe their presence as a boon to developing countries. In a remarkable joint study, Oxfam International and Unilever Indonesia found such claims are valid—sometimes. The British antipoverty NGO and the Anglo-Dutch consumer products company were looking for new ways to help the world’s poor—and new ways to talk about the things they were already doing. Was Unilever’s Indonesia operation improving the lives of Indonesia’s poor and wider economy? If so, how much?
Putting Numbers on Multinationals’ Impact is Even Harder Than it LooksBlog Post
Few universities are as active in BoP health care and social entrepreneurship as Duke. Now, thanks to a $10 million award from USAID, the university is poised to dramatically expand its impact in both fields. Duke will use the funds to launch the Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke (SEAD), a development lab that will identify and support solutions to global health challenges in low- and middle-income countries.
BoP Health Care Gets a $10 Million Boost: What Duke’s new SEAD program could mean for youBlog Post
Nearly one-third of India’s urban citizens live in crowded informal settlements or slum communities. UN-HABITAT has estimated that by the year 2020, India’s total slum population will cross 200 million people. With poor access to clean water and adequate sanitation, the urban poor can be even worse off than their rural counterparts. Yet though the Indian government recognizes these health care challenges, it has struggled to find a solution.
Health Care Delivery for the Urban Poor: Reaching rural communities isn’t India’s only challengeNews
How the last United Nations General Assembly offered real hope for those that wish to put an end to global poverty.
The Financial Transaction Tax: Globalization’s Payback Time for the World’s PoorBlog Post
At Grameen Foundation, we are using a mix of primary and secondary data to support decision-making in MFIs and pro-poor organizations across different regions. To illustrate this, we wanted to share an example of how we are helping an MFI better allocate its resources to increase its poverty outreach. This approach also gives the MFI a better understanding of how customers at different poverty levels are contributing to the “bottom line” of the business.
Measure, Crunch and Benchmark: Helping organizations advance business and social performance goalsNews
Save the Children outlines its proposals for the development agenda after the millennium development goals expire in 2015
Inequality and accountability key to post-2015 development, report saysBlog Post
The Global Social Benefit Incubator (GSBI) run by Santa Clara University celebrated its 10th anniversary last year. Of the 160 alumni, more than 50 percent are still scaling—a track record any venture capitalist would envy—and these social enterprises have provided services to more than 70 million beneficiaries. The deadline for this year’s GSBI is coming up fast: applications must be filed online by Jan. 11.
Unique Opportunity for Social Entrepreneurs with Scalable Ideas: GSBI seeking health and off-grid energy applicants for 2013
