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Wall Street Take Heed – Here’s the Alternative (Exchange)
You may have noticed a recent upswing of news about small and medium sized enterprises, much of which has been picked up and discussed on NextBillion. Small local enterprise networks, mesofinance, small and large for-profit venture funds ? and now an Alternative Exchange. (Via Timbuktu...
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A New Model for Success at the BOP: Interview with David Wheeler, Part 4
Click to view Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 of the interview.What are the biggest challenges to creating Sustainable Local Enterprise Networks? How can these be overcome?For all the great examples of SLENs that we described and that are featured on the NextBillion web site and elsewhere,...
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What’s in a Name: NextBillion – Fries or Future?
When our WRI team sat down to brainstorm a name for new web portal and community, it wasn?t evident at first that ?NextBillion? made sense. One colleague pulled the Big Mac card: NextBillion was too close to McDonald?s signature ?billions and billions served? tag line. Despite...
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A New Model for Success at the BOP: Interview with David Wheeler, Part 3
Click to view Part 1 and Part 2 of the interview.Doesn?t this model depart significantly from conventional wisdom in its hybrid character?with both for profit and non-profit components playing a significant role? What?s important about this model for larger companies, particularly...
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A New Model for Success at the BOP: Interview with David Wheeler, Part 2
This post is a continuation of an interview Nextbillion conducted with Prof. David Wheeler, who recently wrote an insightful piece on how sustainable local enterprise networks can enable bottom-up development at the base of the pyramid. The interview will conclude next week. To read the...
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Report: Private Sector Strategies for Providing Healthcare at the Base of the Pyramid
The role of the private sector in improving the delivery of healthcare in developing countries is still being debated. Although private sector strategies may improve efficiencies and lower costs, some fear that turning healthcare entirely into a consumer service will marginalize the poor even...
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HealthStore Case Study Details Franchise Approach to Healthcare
WRI’s latest What Works case study, HealthStore’s Franchise Approach to Healthcare - Harnessing the profit motive to deliver public health in Kenya, is now available at the NextBillion.net Resources page. The 43-page case study, written by Columbia University MBA students, outlines how a...
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Soweto TV: Reaching 4 Million in South Africa
Today the South African Mail & Guardian featured an article on the launch of Soweto TV, a community television station that is designed to train and empower locals to produce news that reflects their reality. Much like, TV Rocinha that was featured at WRI’s Base of the Economic Pyramid...
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