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Positive (and Negative) Charges – Which Business Models Are Surging: Going Off Grid Series (pt 2)
What’s the best business model for distributed energy solutions? Jack Bird with Santa Clara State University says the answer is entirely dependent on the technology, the target market and the resources of the enterprise. No one model is the silver bullet for providing the 1.3 billion people suffering from energy poverty with clean, reliable and affordable energy. There are, however, a few takeaways from the exhaustive Energy Map.
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- Education, Energy, Health Care
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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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Africa: Seven Ways to Assist Health Research in Developing Nations
A guide released yesterday details seven principles for good practice in strengthening research capacity in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC).
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- Education, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Marketing Nutrition for the Bop: New Report by Hystra Focuses on Successes and Failures of Market-Based Approaches
A new study by Hystra is designed to find more large-scale initiatives that leverage market-based mechanisms to bring the benefits of innovative products and services to more families at the BoP, and help solve the scourge of malnutrition.
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- Education, Health Care
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ANDE’s State of the SGB Sector: The annual report shifts from making the case for SGBs to digging deeper on progress, challenges
Since 2009, the sector has raised $3 billion in committed capital. And last year, 22 SGB-inclined investment vehicles were launched, with the median target fund size reaching $66.5 million, up 33 percent from 2012.
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- impact investing, research
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Proliferation, Dominance, Evolution & Impact: Helix report examines the status of mobile money agents in Kenya
Kenya is the world leader in mobile money services, and these services depend largely on the strength of their agent networks. The Helix Institute of Digital Finance explores that topic in its third Agent Network Accelerator country report. It focuses on the proliferation of agents in the country, the effect of Safaricom’s dominance, how the agent network is evolving, and the impact it is having on financial inclusion.
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- Education
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No More Guessing: The many pros (and a few cons) of IFC’s new Global Consumption Database
Whatever country you operate in, and almost whatever product or service you sell, you can use the new Global Consumption Database to work out market data relevant to your business. There are many pros to this powerful tool, and a few cons.
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- Education
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OPINION: Latin America’s Silicon Valley: That would be Colombia
Today, nearly half of the world lives in poverty, including nearly a quarter of Californians. The United States, like every nation, grapples with the challenge of income inequality. Colombia is no different.
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- Education, Impact Assessment, Technology
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- Latin America
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- research
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