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  Social Capital Markets: Venture Philanthropy and International Government Investment

  Aden Van Noppen is a senior at Brown University where she studies International Development. She is also an intern for Acumen Fund, where she works to develop programs that teach college students about private sector solutions to poverty. Aden was formerly an intern for Dalberg Global...

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  Social Capital Markets: “Moving Beyond Wishful Thinking”

  Katherine Fulton kicked off Day 2 of the Social Capital Markets Conference this morning. Her address focused on the complexities of this moment in history for the economy as a whole and for the social capital markets movement in particular. Ms. Fulton addressed the driving forces behind...

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  Talent at the Base of the Pyramid: The Role of the Expat

  The traditional talent support approach for base of the pyramid (BoP) projects has been a sending model: workers/professionals from the developed world are sent by an organization to a developing country to manage a local project. The American Peace Corps was established with the intent of...

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  Guest Post: Campaign for Client Protection in Microfinance Announced at the Clinton Global Initiativ

  Guest blogger Sofia Leon is currently the Senior Program Coordinator at the Center for Financial Inclusion at ACCION International. Her passion is sustainable social enterprise, specifically seeking to scale BOP energy delivery without subsidies. By Sofia LeonFollowing an all-star Opening...

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  BoP 101: A Review of “Must-Read” Literature for Those Interested in the Base of the Pyramid

  Thanks to Francisco Noguera for his contribution to this post. Please note that the following should not be seen as an exhaustive compilation of everything that has been written about the base of the pyramid. I encourage NextBillion readers to comment and make suggestions to enrich this...

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  Guest Post: Exploring the Food-Fuel Relationship in Rural Development

  Guest blogger Peter Moers is economist and the regional coordinator for the Social Trade Organization in Central America. He has worked in several countries in Central America, West Africa and in The Netherlands in small enterprise, cooperative, rural and local economic development. He believes...

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  Less than Four Days Left to Vote on American Express Members Project

  American Express recently unveiled the top 25 projects selected as semi-finalists for Members Project, the online initiative that invites cardmembers and the public in general to come together and submit, discuss and vote for projects to make a positive impact on the world, which American...

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  When Being Disruptive is a Good Thing ? (Part 2)

  Editor’s note: The posts in the "When Being Disruptive is a Good Thing" series were originally published as Guest Posts by Mark Beckford, before he joined NextBillion.net’s team as Staff Writer.In general, the penetration of tech products into emerging markets has not made a...