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Engineers for Social Impact
Submitted by Nitin Rao on February 4, 2008 - 07:00.
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As Moses pointed out last week, a good talent strategy is key to the success of "base of the pyramid"  enterprises.

A few months back, I had blogged about my idea to bring top talent into the development sector. We are excited to announce the launch of Engineers for Social Impact - a student-driven initiative in India.


Application Deadline: March 2, 2008

Engineers for Social Impact is a unique fellowship program to connect the best engineering talent to the most credible social enterprises that drive market-based solutions to development in India.

In 2008, an eminent panel of judges will select 5 E4SI Fellows to gain from challenging immersion experiences in partner social enterprises. In addition, they will join a select cohort of outstanding young leaders committed to social impact and build valuable relationships with leaders in the development sector.

E4SI partner social enterprises (founded by alumni from schools such as Harvard, Wharton, INSEAD and IIT) are leaders in education, energy, health, microfinance and multiple bottom-line investment advisory services.
The application is open to current undergraduate students at select Indian engineering schools.

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Expanding Rural Access: Evidence From Vietnam, Mongolia and Sri Lanka
Submitted by Rob Katz on February 4, 2008 - 18:05.
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Over the past year, I have posted two submissions developed by Darrell Owen, a former U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employee who has been working at the bleeding edge of rural connectivity for the BoP. Darrell's posts and his white papers reflect ongoing work in the area of expanding rural access to information and communications technology, specifically broadband through wireless technologies.

The first post, Internet for All: A Field Report on the Wireless Revolution, cited some early working papers developed based on his experience. In the second, we posted a related white paper and PowerPoint presentation, Expanding Rural Access - The Case for MicroTelcos, that provide a summary.

Last week, I hear from Darrell again – he has just enhanced and expanded his set of short working papers (attachments are in PDF format below) to reflect his continued engagement in this important area. In the new collection of working papers, he takes a fresh look at the nature of universal service funding (USF) programs and their need for significant restructuring.

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