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  • Derek Newberry

    Corn and Crop Waste

    "All Biofuels Aren’t Created Equal” noted Tom Schueneman over at Triple Pundit yesterday. A solid point that brings some perspective to the ongoing discussion over the viability of biofuels. There is a significant difference between the moral issues raised by, say, a huge...

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    waste
  • Abigail Keene-Babcock

    Doing Business With the World – WBCSD Report

    For those of us who spend most of our waking hours thinking about BOP news and activities, who already know the buzz words, the acronyms, and the fact that microcredit is only the tip of the iceberg? well, sometimes we lose sight of one of the most important audiences: the business and...

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    Education
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    academia
  • Rob Katz

    Jobs: Manager, Makeda Fund

    NextBillion ally and Timbuktu Chronicles author Emeka Okafor sent me a note today, asking me to post the attached job description.? Emeka - a Nigerian ex-pat - is working with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the Small Enterprise Assistance Fund to launch a new private equity fund based in Lagos called...

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  • Rob Katz

    Making Sense of SME Investments: Are SMEs a New Asset Class?

    By Rob Katz and Mareike HusselsAt World Resources Institute, our New Ventures team tends to think about the “next big thing” as far as small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are concerned. This morning, I had a great discussion with my colleague Mareike Hussels about the...

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