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Friday, January 27, 2012

Floating But Not Adrift: Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic Model

By Lisa Smith — WDI

For many, Lake Tanganyika may be the most recognizable body of water on Earth – holding 20 percent of the world’s fresh water. But for Dr. Amy Lehman, founder of the Lake Tanganyika Floating Health Clinic, the lake represents much more. In this video interview, Dr. Lehman talks about health care access and education for isolated communities in the region.

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Bottom Line and Belt Line: Eating Healthy to Solve Malnutrition

By Elly Brown

Over 1 billion people in the world lack access to adequate food and nutrition while another 1 billion face health risks associated with obesity and overeating. These seemingly bifurcated problems are actually inter-related and reflect the global food imbalance. TFT’s solution aims to addresses these issues by encouraging behavioral changes related to portion size and prompts students, restaurant customers and company employees to think about the global hunger epidemic

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

A New Methodology for Teaching Finance

By Gabriel Sánchez Campbell — TechnoServe

In Nicaragua, Iveth Juárez, a small business owner who processes and sells cereal to the local market, had attended seminars, workshops, courses and training sessions on accounting and finance. But at the end of each session, she always felt the same sense of confusion. Juárez is one of more than 400 entrepreneurs in Latin America and Africa who have benefited from a new TechnoServe methodology for teaching accounting and basic financial topics.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Powering Up: WBCSD Details Business Victories for Clean Energy Access

By Matthew Lynch

Addressing the lack of access to clean, reliable and affordable energy services for billions of people is one of the world’s most critical development challenges. The new World Business Council for Sustainable Development Access to Energy initiative highlights business solutions to enable energy access for all and demonstrates clearly how business is already expanding access to clean, reliable and affordable energy services for poor customers.

Friday, January 20, 2012

The NEXT NextBillion ...

By Scott Anderson — WDI

Just a quick note to all NextBillion readers: We are moving to a new site design/platform and are going through the proverbial Beta testing. Please bear with us while we work the kinks out over the next few days and bring new systems online. Thanks in advance for your patience - and apart from a few bugs here and there, we hope you like the new site.