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Engineering Answers on ‘DEMAND’: A new global review of engineering successes in development
At the bottom of many a development money pit is poor design. Fortunately, engineers can help prevent funding sinkholes from opening in the first place. With that in mind, we’re pleased to announce the online debut of a new magazine for engineers and the global development community, DEMAND, ASME’s Global Development Review.
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Focusing on the Next Generation: An exploration of enterprise impacts on child poverty
Traditional interventions to reduce poverty during early childhood are not enough. Given the magnitude of the challenge and the limitations of existing approaches, BoP enterprises have the potential to positively affect early childhood development. However, our understanding of the impact BoP ventures actually have on the lives of children remains vague, and ultimately limits their ability to improve the lives of at-risk children.
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- Education, Impact Assessment
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Latin American Nations Increase Usage of Bank Card and Mobile Payment in Online Commerce
Research and Markets' new Latin America Online Payment Methods 2013 - Second Half 2013 report indicates that online payment continues its growth in the emerging markets of this dynamic region.
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- Latin America
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Research and Markets: Global Mobile Payment Methods 2013 Research Report
Mobile payment for goods and services continues global growth.
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- Education
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Unlocking Scale: How seven inclusive businesses are creating their own keys
‘What does it take’ and ‘how long does it take’ for an inclusive business to reach scale? Persistence, adaptation, and many years are the obvious answers, but there is a lot more besides. Some answers to these questions emerge today with the launch of a series of case studies, exploring the journey to scale of seven frontier inclusive businesses supported by the Business Innovation Facility (BIF).
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- Education
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Journeying from First-Gen to Second-Gen BoP Strategy: And singing along to a different tune
Taking stock of the past and charting the way forward was a central theme at the BoP Summit. One key challenge, however, is transforming the way we collectively think about the realities of living in subsistence contexts and “frame the base of the pyramid.” Two compelling points made in the summit’s opening session set the stage for what makes this transformation so hard – but also how to journey forward from here.
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Weekly Roundup – 11/22/13: Nudging the middle men and women of social enterprise
A new working paper doesn’t simply look at what small and growing businesses (those categorized seeking growth capital of between $20,000-$2 million) need to be doing, but what the “intermediaries” need to be doing to lift budding businesses.
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Impact Sourcing: What do we know?
Impact Sourcing is a global opportunity to employ high potential but disadvantaged people in the outsourcing sector. The practice has the potential to reach a $20 billion market by 2015. Here’s a summary of a vast array of research charting the growth and the potential.
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- Education, Technology
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