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Reflections on “India’s Rural Poor- Why Housing Isn’t Enough to Create Sustainable Communities”
Knowledge @ Wharton published an article on the living conditions of India?s rural poor, and on the shortcomings of central and state-funded government housing programs. The author, Abraham George, maintains that the primary reason for failure is an exclusive focus on providing low-cost...
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Introducing Abigail Keene-Babcock as a Staff Writer
We at WRI’s Markets and Enterprise Program (which powers NextBillion.net) are happy to welcome Abigail Keene-Babcock to the team.? She will be a staff writer for NextBillion.net, among other research duties.Abigail joins WRI as an intern working in the Markets and Enterprise Program. She...
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’Strategies for the Bottom of the Pyramid’ Convention in India
The Madras Management Association will be organizing the sixth All-India Management Students’ Convention in Chennai, India on September 21 and 22. The convention will focus on Strategies for the BOP. There will be three business sessions in this convention. The first session will focus...
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Why the BoP Conference Was Worth It
I’m back in DC after three very full days at the Business With Four Billion BoP conference in Michigan. First of all, let me assure you that I’ll have session summaries written and posted as soon as possible - in the mean time, be sure to check out Nicole Goldin’s live-blogging...
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