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February 16, 2010 — 07:30 am
February 5, 2010 — 12:05 pm
Moringa Oleifera: Miracle Tree for the Rural Poor?
A recurring theme in romantic novels and movies is that you travel all over the world to finally find what you were searching for, right where you began. Could it be that the answer to malnutrition and self sustaining communities be a plant which has been growing in their back yard for all this time?
February 1, 2010 — 03:45 pm
Using Knowledge from the Informal Economy to Create Sustainable Ventures
There's huge potential for the knowledge of informal sectors to be leveraged and introduced into the formal economy. Once entrepreneurs and investors start realizing this and giving it due recognition, I'm confident that we'll see India's villages achieve growth at a much faster rates.
December 15, 2009 — 07:00 am
On the Way to Copenhagen: The Business of Climate Change Adaptation
As COP15 enters its final week it's timely to ask what role business can play, especially in addressing the effects of climate change in the lives of the poor.
December 7, 2009 — 01:35 pm
The “Big Squat” and the Market Opportunity in Tackling Sanitation Challenges
If you'd been to the Chowpatty beach in Mumbai on November 19, you would have found a group of people squatting together with a couple of portable toilets in the vicinity. They were not alone. People all over the world were celebrating the "World Toilet Day" by taking part in "The Big Squat".
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