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great program, and I'm sure

bobford34 — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:12:33 -0500

great program, and I'm sure that they're doing their best to effectively spread it to areas that need it. Check out this interview I found with Mr. Fields, the founder, about the program, it's pretty informative.

We are in process in starting of a BPO

Arun Mahendrab — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:30:56 -0500

Sir, Kindly update me your contact mail ID.

all those individuals or

sutanuka — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:39:29 -0500

all those individuals or organisations who have a rural bpos please contact me at this mail id before the 20th of may,2008

Buying Teak in Mexico

Brian — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:21:27 -0500

I would like to find out if you are selling Teak wood in Mexico that is made im Mexico. I have chairs manufactured near San Miguel Allende and am looking for a good Teak supplier. Please advise if you are a good contact and what your general costs would be delivered to San Miguel. Thank you.

Small Businesses

Business Financing Guru — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 21:05:27 -0500

This is good to hear. I know for a fact there are many people/orgs willing to help with small business financing in developing countries, however they must have the small business tools and knowledge in place, so it's great to hear about this organization. Thanks!

Burma teak

Veli — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:24:25 -0500

Dear Ganesh, I would like to know more about the burma teak in your farm.I am interested in buying teak from Indıa. Please contact me. Best regards/Veli EREN erentim@gmail.com

Teak Plantation

Ganesh Ingole — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:01:21 -0500

Hi! we have some teak wod plants inour farm, india. how we will get carbon benefit from that.To whome we contact for our money? thanking Ganesh

To Start a BPO

Anonymous — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:06:47 -0500

Hi sir/Madam, i am doing my MBA-HR.I want to Start a BPO in my native place.i request you to give details about how to start a BPO and all Possible information regarding that.i will be thankful if you provide with the Full-fledged information.

What about franchising?

Odile — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:23:52 -0500

Arrived in Kinshasa in August, I am appalled by the lack of water available to the majority of the population of the DRC. This exchange of letters on the patent is very interesting, but leaves little hope for anything to happen here for a long time. Would Roundabout be willing to let others market this life-transforming invention under a franchise or other royalty-paying formula that protects its rights?

teak.

Yves Gagnon — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:54:18 -0500

To whom it may concern. I would like to know prices of teak from costa rica and other countries where they sell teak wood yves

Global teak market

ravi — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 01:00:52 -0500

Hi I would like to know the total market for teak wood in US,Europe,Middle East,China and India. What is the market for the Burma Teak(A grade quality)? Do u have any statastics on the TEAK WOOD market?

Starting a BPO

M Harikishan — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 08:26:36 -0500

I am also interested in starting a BPO either in Hyderabad or Chennai. Pl. let me know all the details you got.

PlayPumps

Kathleen — Thu, 24 May 2007 12:14:36 -0500

Hi Rob and Rob, Thank you for your interest in the PlayPump water system. We are encouraged by the great exchange of ideas posted here. PlayPumps International and its installation partner, Roundabout Outdoor, share your concerns. Regarding effectiveness and longevity, all PlayPump water system are installed with a minimum guarantee of 10 years of maintenance. We are working with a university to design a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation system to quantitatively measure the impact of a PlayPump system a community. We are looking forward to sharing the results with donors and other interested groups. thanks, Kathleen

Rob. You are absolutely

Anonymous — Fri, 18 May 2007 18:15:34 -0500

Rob. You are absolutely correct when you mention that many NGOs and ODAs are not well-versed or programmed for adequate M&E. PlayPumps (and others) are building it in from the beginning not only for their own internal "audits" but also for marketing/justification purposes. I would argue that the next major wave of activity in this area of measuring impact will stem (is already in fact) from the grants/projects being undertaken by the Gates Foundation. They are systematically changing the way humanitarian projects are undertaken and evaluated. And that is a good thing, of course. If you are a potential grantee, which is basically everyone, be prepared to make this a significan activity within your organization. As for your specific question on PlayPumps, I'm hoping Kathleen from PlayPumps can provide the official answer....stay tuned.

re PlayPumps 2

Rob Katz — Mon, 14 May 2007 10:24:53 -0500

Rob: Thanks for your comment. I'm curious as to how PlayPumps monitors the effectiveness and longevity of their installations. Do you have a source for that type of data? Many BOP and development projects alike suffer from the difficulty of measuring social, environmental, and even financial impact. If PlayPump has a good model for this, I think the NextBillion community would love to hear about it. Thanks again.