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Paul Polman, CEO, Unilever: Winning with Purpose – A message to members of Business Fights Poverty
Business has been a powerful force in improving the lives of millions of people on our planet – whether through product and service innovation, job creation or new opportunities for suppliers and distributors. Yet, I believe business can do so much more.
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- Environment
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Vikram Gandhi Sets Up Own Investment Bank
It will handle domestic and cross-border deals and advise high networth individuals and global institutional investors such as pension funds and sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) which are looking to increase their allocation to India
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- Region
- South Asia
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Unlocking Pakistan’s Enterprise Potential
The criticisms of Pakistan’s volatility are not without merit; the roses are more the thorny than plain variety. But I launched my company, Invest2Innovate (i2i) in fall 2011 because because I believe strongly in the potential of untapped markets like Pakistan, 66 percent of the population lives at the bottom of the pyramid, under $2 a day.
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- Social Enterprise
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National Social Entrepreneurship Forum: Creating a Network With Purpose
Recently I had a chance to interact with Yashveer Singh, Founder, National Social Entrepreneurship Forum (NSEF) about the organization and about their unique Authors of Change Program. (NSEF) is an organization working towards democratizing social innovation and Entrepreneurship amongst Indian youth.
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- Education, Social Enterprise
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Guest Post: Promoting Green Entrepreneurship in India’s Auto-Rickshaw Sector
Auto-rickshaw services in Indian cities are mostly unorganized, creating myriad economic and environmental problems for both drivers and customer passengers. But linking rickshaw entrepreneurs with social investors presents a huge business opportunity to bring about social and sustainable benefits - the focus of an EMBARQ India summit next month.
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Best Ideas of 2011: Revolutionizing mindsets for a new Arab World
People from the Arab World showed that the impossible is possible. Citizens fought for their rights, shaping a new Arab World associated with ?opportunity? and ?change? instead of ?disenfranchisement? and ?stagnation? by people from both inside and outside of the region - and setting the ground for unleashing entrepreneurial energy!
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- Impact Assessment
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The G20 Challenge Applying Proven Business Models to the BoP
Last week, the doors swung wide for full applications to the G20 Challenge on Inclusive Business Innovation. The Challenge doesn’t offer prize money to winners - rather its value is in opening the doors of opportunity for BoP-focused enterprises with proven models.
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- Education
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NexThought Monday: Africa’s Entrepreneurial Hot-Spot
Nigeria is blessed with major oil reserves, and a petrochemical industry drives the economy. Still, more than 50 percent of Nigerians live below the international poverty line of $2 a day. In rural areas, it’s closer to 70 or 80 percent. Despite this environment (and indeed, in part because of it), Lagos is an entrepreneurial hotspot.
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- Agriculture