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March 19, 2009 — 09:04 am
The "Impact of Base of the Pyramid Ventures" conference will be held November 16-18, 2009 in Delft, the Netherlands. The organizers have just released a call for papers. Abstracts are due May 15; full papers are due July 15.
February 27, 2009 — 10:00 am
About six months ago we began working on the redesign of NextBillion.net. We've listened, brainstormed, tested, re-tested, built, re-built... and today we're pleased to introduce the new version of NextBillion.net. Read the rest of the article to get a preview of what's new. We hope you like it and look forward to hearing what you think!
February 19, 2009 — 02:52 pm
Position: Innovative Finance Role Location: Geneva, Switzerland Organization: The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)'s mission is to reduce malnutrition through the use of food fortification and other strategies aimed at improving the health and nutrition of populations at...
February 18, 2009 — 07:15 pm
Acumen Fund is looking to create a step change in terms of awareness, excitement, and membership in our community of supporters and advocates – from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands, and someday millions of people who believe that markets and entrepreneurship have a central role to play in the global fight on poverty.
February 12, 2009 — 02:31 pm
In December, Professor Aneel Karnani published an article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review entitled, "Romanticizing the Poor." At the time, we posted about it here on NextBillion.net and suggested that our review of the article would be forthcoming; it has not, and for that, we apologize...
February 12, 2009 — 02:18 pm
Editor's note: In December, Professor Aneel Karnani published an article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review entitled, "Romanticizing the Poor." At the time, we posted about it here on NextBillion.net and suggested that our review of the article would be forthcoming; it has...
February 3, 2009 — 07:33 am
Position: Pakistan Portfolio Manager Location: Karachi, Pakistan Organization: Acumen Fund is a global non-profit venture capital fund, focused on supporting the delivery of critical services – water, health, housing, energy – at affordable prices to the four billion people earning...
February 2, 2009 — 06:51 pm
Position: Search and Selection Associate Location: New York Organization: Founded in 1997, Endeavor works with High-Impact Entrepreneurs in Latin America, the Middle East, South Africa, and India. High-Impact Entrepreneurs are operating for-profit businesses with enormous growth potential....
February 2, 2009 — 05:58 pm
Position: Summer Associates (varied roles) Locations: Multiple New York, NY Karachi, Pakistan Hyderabad, India Nairobi, Kenya Organization: Acumen Fund is a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty. We seek to prove that small...
January 30, 2009 — 06:45 pm
It was a high profile news day for the development-through-enterprise community today. First, a report was published at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland entitled The Next Billions: Unleashing Business Potential in Untapped Markets. The report was produced by the Boston...
