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Being the Change…. and Making a Profit: Agora Partnerships is recruiting its largest class yet
Agora has worked with 18 companies over the past two years, some of which operate in the most destitute regions of the Western Hemisphere. Over 70 percent of Agora’s Accelerator class of 2011 received millions in investment, propelling impact companies to an average 80-percent growth rate. With this year’s recruitment effort, however, Agora is getting even more ambitious: expanding from its base in Central America, the organization is seeking out a total of 30 new companies from across all of Latin America.
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Unlikely Partnerships in the Social Sector
In the final part of my three-part interview with Ashoka’s Europe director Felix Oldenburg on how to create a large and sustained impact, he shared his thoughts on how to use existing, or some may call them "old" social structures -churches, welfare systems, and foundations, among others - to scale innovations.
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Partnerships, Private Sector, Tech Dominate SID
With an international financial system teetering, the Horn of Africa marred by famine, and aid dollars jeopardized by domestic politics, the Society for International Development’s triennial World Congress held in Washington this weekend was in no short supply of substance or imperatives.
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Examining Poverty Footprints and Partnerships
In March, Oxfam America in partnership with the Coca-Cola Company and SABMiller released a report on their shared poverty footprint and value chain analysis work. This new report highlights the impacts Coca-Cola and SABMiller are making on poverty within El Salvador and Zambia, and also reveals opportunities for improvement.
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Water, Water Everywhere: The Importance of Context, Partnerships
The fourth in the four-part series analyzing community-scale water solutions concludes with some lessons on how social enterprises can influence consumer perception and increase their customer base in the heart of the BoP.
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Corporate Engagement and Building Effective Partnerships with BoP Organizations
I highlighted the potential for big change from projects initiated by passionate employees (social intrapreneurs) involving their organization in a deep, meaningful way in Base of the Pyramid markets. This article dives deeper into this subject, and suggests four principles to guide how you go about developing these partnerships.
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Bolstering Microfinance with Education and Strong Partnerships
Combining microfinance and business training is relatively new concept that has recently been gaining momentum in the microfinance community. While other organizations, including banner MFIs, have introduced BDS into their work portfolios, Lumana Credit is an organization that ingrains this philosophy in the core of their business practices.
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How Do We Build the Inclusive Business Partnerships for the Future?
Recent reports provide examples of fruitful partnerships that lead to successful market-based approaches to fighting poverty. How did these partnerships get started? How does a corporation arrive in a BoP community and establish relationships with local actors? When will we move from advice to research and toolkits to establish partnerships?
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