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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Franchising Family Planning: Janani finds success - and challenges - in rural India

By Robert Hecht

India is the site of a large share of global unmet need for contraception, with up to 23 percent of couples lacking family planning methods in some states. Janani, an NGO, is partnering with the Indian government to address this problem. It offers contraceptives and low-cost, high-quality reproductive health services through a combination of social marketing and franchising. Robert Hecht of Results for Development visited the group and discusses its work.

Thursday, May 16, 2013

India's Solar Power Surge : Low interest loans and government subsidies could electrify off-grid, microgrid sector

By Naman Sanghvi

If you’re a you are a solar technology manufacturer, service provider, or an equipment provider of components like batteries - access to low-cost financing has never been better. Offering industry an insight into the future road map, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy released draft guidelines for its Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission – by far one of the most ambitious plans to proliferate quick commercialization and adoption of solar technologies.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Tech for Impact: Rapid advances in health care, education and design powers Village Capital India cohort

By Ross Baird

In mid-April, we launched our 18th Village Capital program, “Tech for Impact,” in partnership with CIIE (the Center for Incubation, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship) at IIM-Ahmedabad. We received about 400 applications from across India from entrepreneurs building technologies that provide affordable basic services to the poor, and have high growth. Here are some of the themes we’re seeing from the top innovators in India.

Monday, May 13, 2013

Where Does Innovation Meet Scale?: Leveraging cross-sector collaborations to expand impact

By Blair Miller

How can the innovation of the social enterprise sector meet the scale of the World Bank, USAID, the United Nations, or emerging market governments? This collision has the potential to create new systems, shatter old ones, and ultimately make us more effective and efficient at delivering products and services to the poor. Blair Miller explores some promising cross-sector collaborations - and the opportunities they signify for social enterprise.

Monday, May 14, 2012

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