Articles by Francisco Noguera
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Friday
May 1
2009Philanthropy, Development and Enterprise
Last week I had the opportunity to attend the Global Philanthropy Forum for the first time, and although it’s been a few days already, I would like to share some thoughts on what I saw and heard. The nexus between development and enterprise was discussed broadly throughout the conference...
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Friday
April 24
2009Wrapping Up the Global Social Venture Competition 2009
I wish I were in San Francisco this weekend. One of the most exciting business competitions in the social enterprise space wraps up with presentations followed by a symposium tomorrow: the Global Social Venture Competition, at the Haas School of Business of UC Berkeley.
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Tuesday
April 21
2009NextBillion.net at the Global Philanthropy Forum
Titled "Five Crises, Multiple Solutions and Our Shared Commitment to Act" , this year’s Global Philanthropy Forum promises to offer a very interesting set of talks and discussions amongst the world’s leaders in the philanthopy/ social investment space.
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- Agriculture
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Tuesday
April 7
2009New Ventures Takes Off in Colombia: Laying the First Bricks of an “Ecosystem”
This year (actually next week!) will see the first gathering around WRI’s promotion of sustainable entrepreneurship in Colombia through its New Ventures initiative. Organized in partnership with Universidad de los Andes, this first forum is only the first step of what we hope will become a vibrant community of support for entrepreneurs locally.
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Thursday
April 2
2009Is the Green-Base of the Pyramid Nexus Kicking In?
A couple of months ago, I suggested that the new trend in the development through enterprise space would be a growing interest in the cross-implications of poverty and the effects of climate change in the developing world. I’ve recently come across a couple of events that signal this could actually be happening.
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- Education
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Wednesday
April 1
2009Video Interview: C.K. Prahalad on Development Through Enterprise
C.K. Prahalad - the base-of-the-pyramid thought leader - recently sat down for a videotaped interview with the World Resources Institute. In the interview, Professor Prahalad discusses the future of sustainable, private sector-led poverty alleviation.
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Tuesday
March 31
2009CK Prahalad Visits WRI, Discusses Innovation and Development through Enterprise
Five years after its publication, CK Prahalad’s "The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid" continues to be a point of reference for the community of practice interested in the idea of development through enterprise. Mr. Prahalad was recently in WRI and sat down for a brief interview about the evolution and prospects of this concept.
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Friday
March 27
2009The Ripple Effect – To be Defined
The Ripple Effect. The session was moderated by Ian Goldin, Director of James Martin 21st Century School. Speaking at the panel were Ron Grzywinski (Chairman, Shorebank Corporation), Jeremy Hockenstein (CEO and Co-Founder, Digital Divide Data) and Marcia Odell (Director, WORTH, Pact Institute)
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