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Even for a blog that concerns itself with the everyday struggles of people in often desperate poverty, the situation in Port-au-Prince makes summarizing this week’s new research reports and events seem trivial. So: how to connect immediate humanitarian needs with the inclusive development Haiti has needed for so long?
Weekly Roundup: Stand with HaitiBlog Post
The year started with the world teetering on economic and financial collapse. The technology industry withered in general due to lack of demand. Intel, for example, reported its first loss in 21 years in the second quarter. As we head in to 2010, things seem to be on the mend, albeit slowly. So what will 2010 look like for ICT4D?
The Top 5 ICT4D Trends for 2010Blog Post
2009 was a big editorial year for those of us interested in the role of business and entrepreneurship combating poverty. Well, this year kicked off on a high note with the come-back of a heavy wight in the social enterprise literature space: David Bornstein.
Time to Refresh Your Social Entrepreneurship Reading WishlistBlog Post
There is no shortage of evaluation frameworks/impact assessment tools out there for the BoP space and no shortage of discussion around metrics. Last year, I asked the question ’Why should we evaluate social enterprises?’ In this post, I ask the question ’What should we try to measure?’
A Question of CausalityNews
The slow penetration of electricity in Kenyan homes has opened a niche market for solar energy solutions. In the past few years, a number of entrepreneurs have joined the green business, mainly targeting low-income homes that have remained on the sidelines of electricity connections for decades. Less than 20 per cent of Kenya’s households are connected to the national grid, forcing them to rely on a mix of relatively costly, inefficient and unhealt...
Kenya: Solar Sector in Huge Growth as Buyers Stream InBlog Post
This question gets asked a lot. For the Indian social enterprise LabourNet, the answer is both. While the necessary development efforts implied by this answer are dynamic, organizations often focus on only the entrepreneurial or wage earning aspect. This is fine, so long as they work in balance with other complimentary programs...
Are the Poor Creative Entrepreneurs or Simply Wage Earners?News
Cassava’s profile as a food security and poverty-reducing crop got a boost with the commissioning of five new processing centres in Sierra Leone, thanks to the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC), International Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute and other partners.
Sierra Leone: New Processing Centres Raise Cassava’s OutlookNews
According to the 2009 Microfinance India State of the Sector (MISS) Report, the microfinance industry’s client outreach has grown by 30% over the last year to 76.6 million and the total outstanding loan portfolio has grown by a staggering 56% to INR 359 Billion over the same period. The growing integration of the sector with the capital markets has led to an influx of funds from various channels and has accelerated the transition of the Indian Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) into mainstr...
Microfinance: Treading a Fine Line Between Financial and Social Objectives
