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  • Adeena Schlussel

    ’One for One’ … Win for Win

    The TOMS Shoes model has been lauded for its simple, marketable mission whereby for every pair of shoes purchased by a consumer in the West, a pair of shoes is donated to a child in need. But there is another One for One working to serve the BoP now - only instead of shoes, this organization is selling solar kits and water bottles.

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  • Eduardo Diniz

    Financial Inclusion: Banking in the Amazon (With Video)

    Autazes, a municipality in Brazil’s Amazon region, did not have a single point of access to banking services until 2002, when an agent set up operations there. Since then, Autazes has experienced significant economic and social changes, as the local population has access to government payments and other banking services for the first time.

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