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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Insights on Impact Investing from the US SIF Conference

By Logan Yonavjak — New Ventures

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TAGS:impact investing, investment fund, social capital

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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Avina's Evolution: After 16 Years, the Foundation Focuses on Building Multiple Bridges

By Scott Anderson — WDI

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TAGS:AVINA, rural development, supply chains, sustainability, water

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Monday, May 21, 2012

Technology & Savings: Competing for Kenya’s Base of the Pyramid

By Anjana Ravi and Eric Tyler

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TAGS:financial inclusion, mobile banking, research

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Monday, May 21, 2012

NexThought Monday: In Failure, a Marketing Lesson for Social Entrepreneurs: What we can learn from the closing of The Hoop Fund

By Shawn Basak

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TAGS:business case, business development, consumer products

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Saturday, May 19, 2012

Weekly Roundup: This BoP Exit Brought to You, Courtesy of the Cloud

By Sadna Samaranayake

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TAGS:Base of the Pyramid, business development, financial inclusion, multinational corporation, scale

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Friday, May 18, 2012

Guest Post: Silicon Valley Without Stanford? The Role of Philanthropy in Impact Investing

By Ben Powell

TAGS:entrepreneurship, impact investing, Philanthropy

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Thursday, May 17, 2012

The NextBillion Case Writing Competition Returns for 2012-13: How You Can Contribute to Thought Leadership for Good

By Scott Anderson — WDI

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TAGS:business case, education, events and competitions

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Thursday, May 17, 2012

What’s Hindering the Growth of Health Businesses in Ghana and Kenya

By Rose Reis

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TAGS:health care, pharmaceutical industry, public health, research

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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Help Wanted: Have a Job to Fill? Introducing Featured Jobs on NextBillion

By Scott Anderson — WDI

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TAGS:jobs, NextBillion.net

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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Catalyzing Retail Investment to Fund the 'Missing Part' of the Missing Middle

By Logan Yonavjak — New Ventures

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TAGS:impact investing, investment fund, social enterprise

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Siemens SMARTly Designs Products for Emerging Markets, Will Others Follow?

By Sateen Sheth — WDI

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TAGS:multinational corporation, pricing, product design, research

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Monday, May 14, 2012

NexThought Monday: Putting M-PESA’s Success into Perspective, Why B2B Will be Slower than P2P

By Ignacio Mas

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TAGS:financial inclusion, mobile applications, mobile banking

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Sunday, May 13, 2012

Weekly Roundup - Inspiration, With Questions

By Scott Anderson — WDI

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TAGS:entrepreneurship, Knowledge, social entrepreneur

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Friday, May 11, 2012

The Unitus Seed Fund: Harnessing Small Equity for Scale at the BoP

By Sriram Gutta

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TAGS:Base of the Pyramid, impact investing, investment fund, social enterprise

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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Representing 8 Counties, 11 Languages: Introducing Acumen Fund’s Global Fellows Class of 2013

By John McKinley — Acumen

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TAGS:Acumen Fund, fellowships, Knowledge

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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Daniel Izzo on Brazil's First Impact Investing Venture Capital Firm

By Rahim Kanani

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TAGS:impact investing, investment fund, Opportunities for the Majority, social enterprise

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Wednesday, May 09, 2012

Scratch it Off the Public Health Wish-list: A menu of IT solutions for global health challenges

By Rose Reis

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TAGS:health care, mobile applications, social enterprise, telemedicine

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Tuesday, May 08, 2012

The Rockefeller Foundation at 100 Years: The Road Ahead

By Vallabh Rao

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TAGS:farmers, financial inclusion, Philanthropy, rural development

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Monday, May 07, 2012

NexThought Monday: How Innovative Financing Mechanisms Are Helping Afghanistan's Farmers

By Rebecca Regan-Sachs

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TAGS:farmers, financial inclusion, Microfinance, skill development

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Saturday, May 05, 2012

Weekly Roundup: A Look at the Recent Impact Investing Conversation (Cacophony)

By Heather Esper — WDI

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TAGS:financial inclusion, Impact Assessment, impact investing, Weekly Roundup

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Friday, May 04, 2012

Achieving Sustainable Energy for All Hinges on International Cooperation and Leadership

By Giulia Christianson — New Ventures

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TAGS:New Ventures, renewable energy, solar, sustainability

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Friday, May 04, 2012

Mini Case Study: Partnership Creates New Source of Income for Farmers in Brazil

By Gabriel Sánchez Campbell — TechnoServe

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TAGS:agribusiness, rural development, smallholder farmers

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Thursday, May 03, 2012

A Profit-Driven Approach to Affordable Education: A Review of HippoCampus Learning Centers

By Shashwat Mody

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TAGS:education, profits, social development

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Thursday, May 03, 2012

Guest Post: Lifting Africa Up By Empowering its Youth

By Fred Swaniker

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TAGS:entrepreneurship, poverty alleviation, skill development, social impact

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Wednesday, May 02, 2012

FEATURED EVENT: 'Cracking the Nut' on Public/Private Agricultural Investment

By Scott Anderson — WDI

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TAGS:agribusiness, farmers, investment fund, rural development, sustainability, technical assistance

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