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Village Phone Direct: Franchising the “Phone Lady” Model
What do cows and cell phones have in common? Until the advent of microfinance, the answer was not much. Over the past twenty or so years, small loans have enabled thousands of low-income clients to purchase a cow ? a story we’ve all heard before. The client sells milk, making money to...
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Ten Entrepreneurs Who Could Change the World
"Most companies routinely fail to recognize the link between healthy ecosystems and their business interests...Business simply cannot function if ecosystems and the services they deliver--like water, biodiversity, food, fibre and climate regulation--are degraded or out of balance.” ...
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The World Investors Should See
Map adjusted to reflect national populations in 2050Investment in emerging economies is on the rise, following an increasing awareness of the improving business climate in these countries as well as burgeoning, high-growth green sectors. These were the thoughts of participants in a recent...
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“Uniting the World through Compassionate Trade” – One World Projects
One World Projects was founded by Phil Smith, a pioneer in the Fair Trade world before it was hot. Originally conceived as a sustainable alternative for communities living in rainforest areas, Phil worked directly with communities to create crafts from renewable resources and then sold them to...
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Catalyzing New Markets for Sustainable Growth in India/Indonesia
In Indonesia, less than half of small businesses have access to formal financing. This fact is staggering given the importance of entrepreneurship in the thriving South Asian economies and it is one of the main reasons why New Ventures hosted its First Annual Investor Forums in India and...
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News Roundup: Risk-Reward Edition
"It’s a moment to balance the global with the local.” - Dr. Abhay Bang, director of SEARCHNextBillion?s news section contains 4 new items, all of which pertain to ?risk? in relation to the BOP community. But this risk I am referring to is two-fold. These news items address...
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Investor Forum Highlights Entrepreneurship in India
New Ventures India is wrapping up its annual Investor Forum, linking some of the country’s most outstanding small, sustainable enterprises with the capital and managerial training they need to grow and expand. ?Some initial highlights from the event include rousing discussions from Michael...
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Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group
It is a familiar story: post-college volunteer (Peace Corps, etc.) returns from the developing world with a desire to help the community in which he or she has been staying.? The subsequent projects are also familiar ? they often involve selling local handicrafts to first-world markets, or...
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