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Full of Sound and Fury: But does America’s Medicaid debate signify anything for global health? Bi-weekly Checkup (5/10/13)
As BoP countries seek to improve health outcomes and increase access to care, there are a lot of questions about what’s the most workable approach. Unfortunately, in the U.S., a recent study on the effectiveness of public health insurance has produced a lot more heat than light. We take a look at the controversy, along with other posts you might have missed, in NextBillion Health Care’s Bi-Weekly Checkup.
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- Education, Health Care
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Tapping New Ideas in Social Entrepreneurship: Yes, they exist
Social enterprise as a discipline and practice is so new that many aspiring entrepreneurs don’t know where to begin. They can now find their way thanks to a new guide stocked with advice from the field. “Breaking the Binary: Policy Guide to Scaling Social Innovation,” recently published by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, is a how-to on innovation geared toward social entrepreneurs and policymakers looking to improve their organizations.
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- Education, Entrepreneurship
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NexThought Monday – The BoP Beyond Income Levels: Exploring the ‘opportunity access’ approach
The focus of the Base of the Pyramid (BoP) has been centered almost exclusively in the economic limitations of low-income communities. But in our report, “Understanding the BoP from an Access to Opportunities,” we expand this focus and recognize the multidimensional concepts of poverty, including an analysis of the BoP through their access to a joining of five basic necessities: water, energy, education, housing, and information and communication technology.
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- Agriculture, Education, Impact Assessment
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Re-evaluating Impact Evaluation: Why solely focusing on financials is flawed and other key points from a recent workshop
Organizations struggle to develop robust impact evaluations. If poorly designed and executed, an evaluation can result in misleading conclusions and waste precious resources. A recent workshop hosted by the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs focused on outcomes data collection and analysis. Anyone concerned with social impact measurement, will want to check out these key points.
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- Education, Impact Assessment, Investing
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NexThought Monday – ‘Ed-Tech’ Opportunities : A new study delves into how social enterprises can work in the affordable private schools Sector
To say that education technology is on the rise is an understatement. With the global education market currently valued at $4.4 trillion and estimates of 23 percent growth by 2017, ed-tech is set to make new entrances into education throughout the world over the next five years. As ed-tech innovators seek new markets for emerging innovations, one place they should look is India’s Affordable Private School (APS) sector.
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- Education, Technology
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FAIL! Top Universities Get Poor Grades on Global Health Research: Bi-Weekly Checkup (4/27/13)
If you’ve ever brought home a bad report card, here’s something that’ll soothe your ego: you’re in the company of some of the top schools in America. A recent report assessing universities’ global health research gave C’s and D’s to many prestigious schools. But are the grades fair? Here’s our take - and some other posts you may have missed - in NextBillion Health Care’s Bi-Weekly Checkup.
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Cases That Inspire Social Innovation
These success stories and the many others have helped fuel a growing interest in social entrepreneurship, particularly among students. I witnessed this strong interest first hand when I was a student at Harvard Business School (HBS). The Social Enterprise Club, which had started as a scrappy group with a handful of members, grew to be one of largest student clubs on campus, and the student-run Social Enterprise Conference attracted over 1,200 attendees each year.
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- Education, NextBillion Originals
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Saving Lives Efficiently: A new study measures the impact of community health workers
Discussion of global health efforts often focuses on the newest medicine or latest advanced device. But a new study by the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health found impressive results in an approach that’s been around for decades: community health workers. By employing local community members to provide access to basic health care, community health worker programs play an important role in countries with a shortage of doctors, nurses and other health professionals.
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