http://www.nextbillion.net/node/2286 Comments for "[NextBillion News] New site features and activities" en http://www.nextbillion.net/node/2286 [NextBillion News] New site features and activities<br /><br />******************************************************<br />NextBillion News vol. 11 February 15, 2006<br />******************************************************<br />Where Business and Development Meet <br /><br />[Contents]<br /> <br />1. Activity Database: Refined search and focus<br /><br />2. Activity Spotlight: WorldWater and Coconets<br /><br />3. Blogs, Newsroom, and Activity Database feature new sectors<br /><br />4. Site-wide RSS feeds<br /><br />==============================================<br />1. Activity Database: Refined search and focus<br /><br />Reflecting NextBillion.net’s focus on the BOP not only as consumers but also producers--i.e., entrepreneurs and employees--NextBillion’s Activity Database now features a new “consumer/producer” search option to separate projects that bring goods and services from those that create jobs, from those that bring both. Other search options include browsing by sector and geographic location (country or region). Nearly 300 project capsules document some of the most innovative business mechanisms currently delivering development benefits.<br /><br />http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule<br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />3. Activity Spotlight: WorldWater and Coconets<br /><br /><p>Projects that are able to bring both jobs and services to the BOP are particularly intriguing evidence of how businesses and innovation can foster local self-sufficiency. WorldWater and Coconets, both operating in the Philippines, use simple technologies to allow low-income communities to turn previously untapped natural resources into low-cost products with high demand in their own communities. </p><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/node/2286">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/node/2286#comment NextBillion News Thu, 16 Feb 2006 04:48:35 -0500 Julia Tran 2286 at http://www.nextbillion.net