Articles by Francisco Noguera
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Friday
March 20
2009Pushing the “Go Button”: Part 1
A year into living in Washington DC and working for WRI, I’d like to share a couple of stories that, in my view, reflect the courage it takes to push the "Go Button" and start becoming the change you want to see in the world.
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Friday
February 20
2009Roundup: Catching Up on Our Base of the Pyramid Reading
My friend David, NextBillion reader and BOPreneur, pinged me last night and rightly asked why NextBillion.net has been slower than usual these days, missing a few of big news pieces that relate to the base of the pyramid and development through enterprise. He was right.
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Wednesday
February 4
2009Connecting Dots …
Last Friday Rob wrote news about new Base of the Pyramid conversations taking place, this time in Davos. Great news indeed. For those who can attend, venues like that of Davos (or the one starting tomorrow in Long Beach) are the time of the year when they allow their brains get picked by new...
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Tuesday
February 3
2009Guest Post: Aid and Foreign Assistance Reform in the Obama Administration
The American Enterprise Institute?recently convened a two-day symposium on the future of U.S. development policy and foreign assistance. The nexus between development and enterprise was a recurring theme at the event, and participants discussed how entrepreneurial philanthropy, social...
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Thursday
January 29
2009Guest Post: Deshpande Foundation’s “Development Dialogue” Continues in Hubli?
Guest Blogger Lesley Pories is a Deshpande Foundation Sandbox Fellow, working with the Water Literacy Foundation in India.Before taking on this role, Lesley worked as a Research Analyst with the People and Ecosystems Program at the World Resources Institute. A graduate?of Emory University,...
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Thursday
January 29
2009Guest Post: Day One at Deshpande Foundation’s “Development Dialogue”
Guest Blogger Lesley Pories is a Deshpande Foundation Sandbox Fellow, working with the Water Literacy Foundation in India.Before taking on this role, Lesley worked as a Research Analyst with the People and Ecosystems Program at the World Resources Institute. A graduate?of Emory University,...
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Wednesday
January 28
2009Guest Post: A Conversation about Microfinance and Peace Building in Colombia
Guest Blogger Sergio Guzm?n currently works for the Center for Financial Inclusion at ACCION International from Bogota, Colombia. He graduated from the George Washington University with majors in History and International Affairs.A Spanish version of?the following?post can also be found in...
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Thursday
January 15
2009Two Microfinance Conferences Set to Take Place in Colombia this Year
The major players of the Microfinance industry will convene in Colombia this year, not once but twice. Two major venues are set to take place in the country quite soon. The first is the Microfinance?as a Tool?for?Peace Building conference, scheduled for next week in Cali and organized by...
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