Latin America in the Spotlight, Part 4: Jimena Betancourt from NESsT, in Chile
Part 4 of Latin America in the Spotlight features Jimena Betancourt, Enterprise Development Manager at NESsT in Santiago, Chile.
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Latin America in the Spotlight, Part 3: Francisco Mejía from IDB's Opportunities for the Majority
Part 3 of NextBillion's Latin America in the Spotlight features Francisco Mejía, a principal at the Opportunities for the Majority initiative. His remarks shed additional light on the innovative ideas and projects supported by OMJ throughout the region.
Latin America in the Spotlight, Part 2: Luiz Ros from IDB's Opportunities for the Majority
Part 2 of NextBillion's Latin America in the Spotlight features Luiz Ros, an advisor to NextBillion and Manager of Opportunities for the Majority (OMJ), an innovative initiative led by the regions's most prominent multilateral organization, the Inter-American Development Bank.
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Latin America in the Spotlight, Part 1: Paula Cardenau from Ashoka's Social Business Initiative
This series of interviews and articles introduces some of the most active players in Latin America's emerging social enterprise industry. Today's interview features Paula Cardenau, who works in Buenos Aires leading Ashoka's Social Business Initiative and is also a Staff Writer with NextBillion en Español.
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Weekly Roundup: Focus on Children, Early and Often
This week, we welcomed four new people to the NextBillion team: Maria Zheng, Andrew Eder, Bryan Farris, and Adeena Schlussel. Staff writers took new looks at how enterprises can intervene in education and early childhood to create new security and prosperity into the future.
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Staff Update: New Additions to the NextBillion Team
Today I'd like to introduce you to four new members whose name you'll see more and more often in NextBillion: Maria Zheng, from the University of Michigan, Adeena Schlussel from Acumen Fund, Andrew Eder from NextBillion's partner Technoserve, and Bryan Farris from Bain & Co.
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Design Thinking: Inspire, Ideate and Implement!
I read a brilliant article 'Design Thinking for Social Innovation' published in the Winter 2010 edition of the Stanford Social Innovation Review today. The article talks about the need for human-centric design to solve complex problems and takes one through the key elements in the 'Design Thinking' process.
Reversing the Cycle of Poverty: Targeting Early Childhood Development
Early childhood development is a term used to describe the personal growth of a child until he reaches the age of 6. Poverty at this stage will have irreversible consequences on individuals’ future lifetime opportunities. In this post I explain the role of BoP businesses in serving this vulnerable population segment.
What Social Businesses are Doing to Fight Terrorism
It is clear that in the long run, the solution to terrorism is to deconstruct the life circumstances that encourage members to join organizations like the Taliban. This is not an easy task, but social entrepreneurs are working diligently to help.
