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When it comes to compelling videos valuable to the NextBillion audience, we just know it when we see it. Trouble is, it takes a lot of time to find relevant video on development through enterprise. Today, we start to remedy this quandary by teaming up with ViewChange.org, a new multimedia site that brings gripping stories from the developing world.
Introducing Our New Video Partner, ViewChange.orgBlog Post
Healthcare delivery continues to be a focus for governments as well as BoP organizations given the numerous gaps in providing services and products to the the poor. Living Goods is one enterprise working to sustainably deliver healthcare through micro-franchising to distribute low-cost products door-to-door in the developing world.
Healthcare Series: Integrated Healthcare for the BoP, the Role of Enterprise, GovernmentNews
When Columbia University professor John Mutter went to Ghana in 2007, he noticed how necessary a reliable source of transportation was to people’s livelihoods and wellbeing. "You can’t go to any of the poorer countries in Africa and not be struck by how many people get around by walking or bicycling," said Mutter. With roads in generally poor condition, it can take a long time to get from place to place, he said. Even the seemingly simple task of getting cash crops to mark...
From Reeds to Roads: Bamboo Bikes in GhanaBlog Post
What happens in a scenario of economic recession, when investors leave to find safer securities and venture capital funds become scarce? In this scenario, unemployment rises, along with the need for entrepreneurship, and the gap between the rich and poor grows. This is when the social impact of inclusive businesses is even more critical.
Impact Investment Forum Series: The Dilemmas of Inclusive Business InvestmentsBlog Post
Starting Feb. 21, NextBillion, with help from Ashoka and the Center for Health Market Innovations, will begin a special series: Advancing Healthcare With the BoP. In it, we hope to bring you success stories from the field on what is making a lasting impact in market-based solutions to healthcare delivery. But, we also need the help of our readers!
Advancing Healthcare With the BoP: Why We Hope to Hear from YouBlog Post
Sure, one might argue that growing debts and high interest rates have lead to suicides in India and rising default rates. Perhaps you may even conclude that greed finally got the better of the MFIs. But when I visited Andhra Pradesh and almost couldn’t afford a watermelon, I gained a whole new perspective on the MFI crisis.
NextThought Monday: How Can I Pay My Loans If I Can’t Afford an Onion?Blog Post
A couple of weeks ago, I attended a unique social enterprise conference, Revitalization and Business. Its focus was not on a continent, a region, or a nation in need. Rather, it focused on one single American city-Detroit, Michigan, where small projects and individuals are making powerful waves from the ground up.
Detroit: Emerging from the Ground UpNews
Washington, DC - The likelihood that few African countries will meet any of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, aimed at reducing severe poverty by 2015, has prompted a spate of studies, books and debates that examine development assistance. Many argue that aid, in general, has done more harm than good. Since leaving an operational role at Microsoft in 2008, Bill Gates has devoted full time to the premise that international assistance, sp...
’Best Chance’ to End Polio – Bill Gates Promotes Vaccines and Food Programs to Attack Poverty
