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Authored by: Ignacio Mas
If you talked publicly about mobile money as often as I do, you’d probably have some sympathy for me. I like talking about how to build it, how people use it, what additional functionality can be built on it, and how it might give people more opportunities to improve their [...]
Authored by: Tensie Whelan
An interesting thing has happened over the last five years. There has been a seachange in the approach by big corporate brands such as Unilever, Kraft, Mars, Walmart and others to managing their supply chains. Not so long ago, buyers cared only that products show up in their factories at [...]
Authored by: Logan Yonavjak
Sinen En-tech, a Beijing-based company that produces waste treatment technologies for industrial boiler system steam, has enjoyed great success in its home market of China. A long-standing New Ventures portfolio company, Sinen has an impressive growth history and plans to launch an IPO in the next three to five [...]
Authored by: Martin Herrndorf
Calls for pharmaceutical companies to make their pills and powders available to the poor at low prices are abundant. But that’s often when the challenges begin – and the solutions, something examined in a soon-to-be-launched Endeva report.
The challenge: The last mile!
Once again, the main challenge [...]
Authored by: Elly S. Brown
Lesson #4: “We won’t succeed in the long-term without cultivating local leaders, local money, and strong local communities.”
Over the past 10 years, Acumen Fund has refined its approach for investing in market-based solutions that uplift the poor from rural Pakistan to the slums of Kenya. Acumen Fund’s 10 [...]
Authored by: Tracy Elsen
Editor’s Note: This week, NextBillion contributors are reflecting on what struck them as the best ideas that came to light in 2011 – ideas with the potential to spark real change in 2012 and beyond.
Will 2011 be remembered as the year that, as the world’s population hit 7 billion [...]
Authored by: Diana Hollmann
Nobody had foreseen what we witnessed happening throughout the Arab World in 2011: Three heads of state have been ousted from office, at least two still fear for their power as citizens fight for their rights, shaping a new Arab World.
Authored by: Logan Yonavjak and Giulia Christianson
Thirty years of research shows that a small percentage of SMEs create the vast majority of net new jobs and GDP growth in the U.S. and Europe, but how does this translate into opportunities in emerging markets?
A group of experts convened at the IFC headquarters [...]
Authored by: Adeena Schlussel
What does the founder of a technology marketplace for the developing world have in common with the mastermind of an organization working to promote female education? The answer is not a bad joke punch-line, rather they share a host of problems that could stand in the way of their social [...]
Authored by: Martin Herrndorf
It’s not (only) about good intentions when talking about poverty – the right message can go bad when communicated in the wrong way. A brief case study on philanthropic attitudes and hidden racism.
If you spent some time online, you might have seen it: A bus station photo-shot featuring [...]
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