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April 23, 2008 — 02:30 pm
"What poor countries need most is not more microbusinesses. They need more small-to-medium-sized enterprises, the kind that are bigger than a fruit stand but smaller than a Fortune 1000 corporation." These were the words of James Surowiecki last month in his New Yorker piece What...
April 14, 2008 — 01:41 pm
All of us at NextBillion.net were both humbled and thrilled to see the New York Times Sunday Magazine draw on our work - and the work of many colleagues - to write an extended piece on the impact of cell phone usage in emerging economies. Sara Corbett's article follows Nokia researcher...
April 11, 2008 — 11:03 am
BiD Network is announcing a "one time only" Photo Contest. The contest will gather photos from around the world on the theme of "Entrepreneurship for Development". The Competition: In this Photo Contest, BiD is focusing on entrepreneurs around the world who are working...
April 10, 2008 — 05:08 pm
Unitus Equity Fund is currently seeking applicants for the position of Senior Associate. Location: Bangalore, India Organization: The Unitus Equity Fund is a leading global private equity fund established in 2006 with a focus on microfinance institutions (MFIs). We provide equity capital...
April 10, 2008 — 02:56 pm
The World Bank recently released the April edition of Development Outreach, which happily addresses head-on the connections between development and climate change. I was pleased to see articles on topics as diverse as development for climate change adaptation and environmental considerations...
April 8, 2008 — 12:46 pm
Some links for you to kick the post-lunch work slump: BP innovates for the BoP Via Perspective 2.0, an article on Oorja - a BP stove that runs on biomass pellets instead of wood, which is a more common fuel source for cookstoves in rural India... sounds very much like that of an SME in...
April 3, 2008 — 01:23 pm
"N=1, R=G" is purportedly the equation that summarizes C.K. Prahalad's new contribution to business management literature. I haven't had a chance to read the book yet, but there are good synopses online already, such as this one - all of which report that the new book by C.K....
March 28, 2008 — 10:32 am
Saurabh Lall is a Research Assistant with the New Ventures project. A quick Friday point of interest from the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference that took place at the Convention Center here in DC earlier this month. The WIREC tradeshow showcased the latest developments in...
March 27, 2008 — 10:18 am
Guest blogger Apoorva Shah, a recent graduate of Rice University, is currently a Wagoner Scholar working with Ashoka: Innovators for the Public to research the influence of social entrepreneurship on public policy. Currently in São Paulo, Brazil, he wrote this post from Colombo, Sri Lanka. ...
March 11, 2008 — 02:20 pm
I ran across this Fair and Lovely ad on YouTube recently. For those who don't know, this product is a skin-lightening cream that was at the center of a debate last year over the value and impact of a BoP approach to poverty alleviation. The ad is in Hindi, but the message is clear:...
