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“Filling the Finance Gap” The Clinton Global Initiative’s Poverty Alleviation Working Group Session
How do we get more capital to the people who want to start their own SMEs? It is difficult to make a case for this “missing middle.” NextBillion has identified this problem in the past, and it seems like now the issue is beginning to unfold in the development debate: the Clinton...
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Rising Ventures: CBPAK ’s Sustainable Styrofoam Replacement
In a recent interview with New Ventures staff, CBPAK founder Claudio Bastos discusses how his company is bringing a unique solution to Brazil’s massive packaging industry.PDF version available here Claudio Bastos had plenty of reasons to found his sustainable packaging company, CBPAK, in...
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Bednets and the Demise of Social Marketing – What the NY Times Missed
The New York Times ran an interesting but rather incomplete article yesterday, discussing the split over anti-malaria bednet distribution strategies in Africa and the apparent demise of ?social marketing? as a legitimate approach to reducing illness on a large scale. The article focuses on...
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NESsT Celebrates its 10th Anniversary
Last week, I attended the NESsT 10th anniversary party at Pangea Artisan Market & Cafe in the International Finance Corporation (IFC) building (2121 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington DC). The store has an interactive education component, with computers that provide information about the...
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Let’s Get (BoP Businesses) Started in Here: Doing Business 2008 Released
NextBillion ally Chris Monasterski, editor of the excellent PSD Blog, wrote me a short e-mail this evening alerting me to the release of the 2008 Doing Business rankings.? This year marks the fifth edition of the annual rankings, which measures the ease of doing business in 178 countries...
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Guest Post: Africa Needs Entrepreneurial Infrastructure
Guest blogger Andrew Mack is the Founder and Principal of AMGlobal Consulting, and a former World Bank official. He blogs at Andy’s Global View and can be reached at: contact@amglobal.com By Andrew Mack In his piece last month about “incremental infrastructure", Ethan...
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Executives Sans Fronti?res – Executives Without Borders
Many people are driven to go and work in other countries for some period, especially now that it is easier than before. Traveling and working is an excellent way of learning about the world, gaining first-hand knowledge, and exporting some of our own knowledge. At a personal level,...
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Solar IPOs and Sustainable Enterprise in China
In a recent interview with New Ventures staff, the China Environment Fund?s Steven Guo explains what two recent exits mean for green business growth. PDF Version of this article “Solar IPOs shine,” raved a CNN headline earlier this year, a declaration that comes as little surprise...
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