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Weekly Roundup – 11/30/13: Pope’s scathing review of capitalism puts BoP on front pages around the world
Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation this week put the BoP on the front page of every newspaper in the world. As most of us have heard by now, the pope came out on Tuesday with a scathing review of capitalism. Kyle Poplin discusses Francis’ views - and offers a more optimistic take - in this Weekly Roundup.
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HCBL Bank targetting beggars for financial inclusion
Probably the only bank catering to this segment, so far
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- South Asia
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5 ways to fight resistance to sustainability
To avoid discouragement and burnout, we need to address this resistance proactively, yet patiently.
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A new focus for USAID: Ending extreme poverty
On Thursday, USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah is set to give a speech at the Brookings Institution on the goal of ending extreme poverty, planned to put a bit more policy oomph behind U.S. President Barack Obama’s call in the State of the Union address earlier this year for America to join with its allies to end $1.25 poverty in two decades.
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Microcredit has been a disaster for the poorest in South Africa
The finance model was supposed to help the country's disenfranchised, but has just pushed them further into debt
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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3 Ways That Business Can Alleviate Poverty
Business has become a dirty word. Doing business with the poor seems taboo, shocking, unthinkable. But what if business could improve the lives of the world's poorest people?
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Operation Hope Summit: Reaching the Bottom of America’s Pyramid
Rather than casting the poor as lazy or ignorant, society should be looking for ways to redirect their latent talents and connect them with opportunity.
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Beyond Competition: An interview with Grameen Foundation’s Steve Wright
From a traditional business perspective, social enterprise seems to be built upon a contradiction. How can you run a company whose ultimate goal is to foster and empower competitors rather than defeat them? That’s one of the topics discussed by Steve Wright, vice president of Grameen Foundation’s Poverty Tools & Insights division, in this BoP Summit 2013 interview.
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- Impact Assessment, Social Enterprise