Articles by Abigail Keene-Babcock
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Thursday
January 31
2008Panelists Take On ’Creative Capitalism’
Yesterday, I attended a panel discussion entitled “Creative Capitalism: Can It Meet the Needs of the World’s Poor?” The panel of experienced practitioners and academics was convened to respond to Bill Gates’ recent speech at Davos where he encouraged “an approach where...
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Tuesday
January 29
2008Job: Director, TED Fellowship Program
Position: Director, TED Fellowship ProgramLocation: New York, NYOrganization: TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader.The annual conference now...
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Thursday
January 24
2008Spotlighting “Creative Capitalism:” It Is What You See
Today, Bill Gates’ speech at Davos has thrown the spotlight on “creative capitalism” and an emerging groundswell of interest in market-based solutions and business models that can drive positive social and environmental change. The excitement around these ideas to create...
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Monday
January 21
2008Bogot?s Transmilenio: Transformation of a City ? la BoP?
If you’ve been to Bogot? in the last seven years, you’ve probably noticed a city that is distinctly different from the metropolises of many other Latin American countries. It’s cleaner, more efficient and easier to navigate. Not only that, many of the city’s public spaces exist...
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Thursday
January 17
2008Emerging-Market Multinationals: BoP or Not?
The January 10th edition of the Economist takes note, in two separate pieces, of the huge successes of a handful of large MNCs. It highlights how these firms have successfully shaken up their industries and acquired well-known brands in their efforts to capture large swaths of global market...
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Thursday
January 10
2008To Give or Not to Give: Academics Study Bednet Distribution
On Wednesday, I attended a presentation by Jessica Cohen on her doctoral research experiment (co-authored with Pascaline Dupas) about distribution schemes for anti-malarial long-lasting bednets. The randomized experiment, conducted in rural, western Kenya, aimed to test the difference between...
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Thursday
January 10
2008Africa Misrepresented ? What Does it Mean for the BoP?
William Easterly, respected for his contributions to the development debate and widely know for his opposition to the Jeff Sachs camp, recently published an interesting piece entitled How the Millennium Development Goals are Unfair to Africa. The article reveals specific statistical...
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Monday
January 7
2008Boston Consulting Group on Decoding the Next Billion Consumers
In recent months, Boston Consulting Group’s publications have tackled various aspects of BoP strategy, which Manuel and Julia have covered in detail.? From a high-level point of view, this is a positive trend, reflecting growing interest among BCG’s clients ? large private sector...
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