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March 20, 2007 — 06:10 pm
What follows below is an excerpt from the Energy Chapter of the The Next 4 Billion report. The chapter contains two country specific case studies. The study below, on India, provides a comprehensive preview of much of the data and analysis available in the energy chapter. India's energy...
March 5, 2007 — 04:57 pm
My one-line review of Fast Company's March issue and its annual Fast 50 list: "It's exciting." It's green, it's sustainable, and it has BOP written all over it, both literally and sequentially (from the Letter from the Editor, to Andrew Zolli's Business 3.0, to...
January 30, 2007 — 09:00 am
Editor's note: NextBillion staff writer Courtland Walker recently returned from a 10-day trip to Rwanda. Over the next week, he will post reflections on his trip as part of the Rwanda Journal series. This is the third post in the series; read the first two here and here. In high-income...
January 23, 2007 — 06:24 pm
Editor's note: NextBillion staff writer Courtland Walker recently returned from a 10-day trip to Rwanda. Over the next week, he will post reflections on his trip as part of the Rwanda Journal series. This is the second post in the series; read the first here. In reference to David's...
January 18, 2007 — 06:44 pm
Editor's note: NextBillion staff writer Courtland Walker recently returned from a 10-day trip to Rwanda. Over the next week, he will post reflections on his trip as part of the Rwanda Journal series. The most recurrent thought during my time in Rwanda was, "What’s the first...
October 10, 2006 — 03:34 pm
With more than a few mentions on NextBillion during its development, it was nice to see LifeStraw covered in today's New York Times. The LifeStraw sells for $3, is approximately the size of a paper towel tube (i.e. 25cm long by 29mm in diameter), and filters out 99.99% of bacteria, the...
September 25, 2006 — 03:59 pm
The Laureates for the 2006 Tech Museum Awards were recently announced. The Tech Museum Awards is an international awards program that honors innovators from around the world who are applying technology to benefit humanity. While this awards program is more about recognition than about...
September 19, 2006 — 10:24 am
There is a poignant article in today's New York Times on the alarming rate of suicides amongst India's farmers - more than 17,000 in 2003. Tracing the causes of this epidemic, the article explores a confluence of forces from moneylenders to American multinationals selling genetically...
September 14, 2006 — 08:14 am
The global cell phone market recently passed 2.5 billion connections, having grown by 500 million in 12 months. A quarter of this growth is attributable to India and China. In the latter country 5 million new connections are added every month. As a result of this staggering growth rate,...
June 13, 2006 — 01:15 am
"I compare vaccines to water. I compare vaccines to education." -Jean R. Stephenne, President, Biologicals, GlaxoSmithKline, Belgium "When you request 100-200 million units, you're able to influence corporate strategy." -Professor Nicholas Negroponte, Chairman, One...
