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This Week: Renewable Energy Fights Poverty, Makes Great Coffee
The New Ventures Entrepreneur of the Week series continues with a feature on the Solar Trade Corporation (STC), a rapidly growing business that sells solar-powered coffee dryers to farmers in Mexico and Central America. For this piece I interviewed VP Richard Trubey, who somehow made a huge...
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Remittances – My Two Cents
Remittances are not a substitute for aid, but their aggregate size encourages positive private sector activity that helps the BOP. This was my first thought when I saw Ignacio?s posting at the Poverty and Growth blog. He quotes the World Bank?s Raj Nallari, who criticizes government...
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