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NexThought Monday – Clean Energy Mini-grids for Rural Customers are Here to Stay: How to ensure power flows for long-term – Going Off Grid (pt 6)
In recent weeks we’ve seen big global development players drum up much-needed attention for renewable energy in Southeast Asia. Despite the headlines and events, for those who look at the statistics, it has never been a secret that Southeast Asia holds massive potential for renewable energy growth, particularly in the form of decentralized solutions.
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Why U.S. Companies Are Investing in Lighting Africa – the View from OPIC: Going Off Grid Series (Pt 3)
Recent history shows that powering Africa is not only possible, it has become a major business opportunity for U.S. companies, that are achieving success through innovative projects in a number of African nations.
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Lessons Learned from Over 60 Distributed Energy Enterprises : ‘Going Off Grid’ Series (pt 1)
Today NextBillion is launching a new series: Going Off Grid, which explores new business models, investment strategies and public-private partnerships to bring services to the ‘energy poor.’ In 2011, Santa Clara University launched the Energy Map to share the findings that grew out of the work with over 60 distributed energy enterprises working across the world, including Africa, India, South East Asia and Latin America.
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Mobilizing TB Lab Services: Portalabs offer high-quality diagnostic capacity at less cost than traditional facilities
TB laboratories are expensive to build, staff and maintain. New portable facilities address these problems and might offer scalable lab services in low- and middle-income countries.
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The Slumdog Millionaire Architect
The offices of Hafeez Contractor, India’s most commercially successful architect, are on Bank Street, just around the corner from the Mumbai Stock Exchange.
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- South Asia
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World Bank offers Angola $1 billion to fund infrastructure, agriculture
The World Bank will offer $1 billion in financing to help Angola rebuild infrastructure and develop its agriculture, an official at the Washington-based lender said on Monday.
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Beyond the Pioneer : Why Monitor’s next chapter on scale focuses on factors from outside of the social enterprise
We spoke with Harvey Koh, director at Monitor Inclusive Markets, about the new study, Beyond the Pioneer: Getting Inclusive Industries to Scale. It is the widely anticipated follow up to 2012’s From Blueprint to Scale: The Case for Philanthropy in Impact Investing. The new report details the very real structural barriers that social entrepreneurs must overcome if they expect to go beyond their pioneering days and reach scale.
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Optimism and Innovation in the World’s Former Murder Capital: Lessons for Detroit (and other cities) from Medellín, Colombia
In just two decades, Medellín, Colombia has evolved from the world’s murder capital to one its most innovative city. In 1995, Medellín took a major step forward by introducing two Metro lines that today serve half a million daily riders. The system has done more than get people around, it has strengthened economic activity within the downtown core and has introduced commerce within historically disconnected poor neighborhoods.
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- Transportation
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