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USAID’s Microfinance Conference
In the last several days we have talked a lot about our mapping project for the Inter-American Development Bank?s upcoming conference, ?Building Opportunity for the Majority.? But as important as this conference is for the BOP, it should not overshadow other equally important events that...
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BOP and The New Face of Consumerism
In an article published last month in the New York Times Magazine, Rob Walker explains how a group of hipsters are challenging consumerism by actually participating in it. As Walker reports, those who find a corporation?s business practices morally odious have turned to socially responsible...
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Social Innovation Podcasts
Looking to load your iPod with interesting content before the weekend? Check out the Social Innovation Conversation series, a project of Stanford?s Center for Social Innovation. These podcasts feature social entrepreneurs ? everyone from Jed Emerson discussing blended value to Ethan...
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