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Healthcare Delivery at the BOP: The HealthStore Interview
In conjunction with NextBillion.net?s series on Healthcare Delivery at the BOP, Rob Katz recently spoke to Michelle Fertig and Herc Tzaras, authors of the forthcoming What Works case study: ?Franchising Healthcare for Kenya: The HealthStore Model.?Michelle Fertig and Herc Tzaras will...
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Research Competition: The Private Path to Prosperity
The International Finance Corporation and the Financial Times are sponsoring a research paper competition for 2005-2006. Top prize is US $30,000; all told, $90,000 will be awarded. Your 4,000 word (max) research paper should “add to the global discussion on private sector development...
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Healthcare Delivery: Consumer Products for Disease Prevention ? Part I
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. The old adage is particularly applicable to healthcare in developing countries, where millions of people die or get sick each year from illnesses that are easily preventable. The financial costs of these illnesses far outweigh the minimal...
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Cap it off with the right MBA program
OK, so you want to change the world ? from the inside. Not a bad idea, considering that some corporations? annual gross revenues are larger than the yearly GDPs of most developing countries. With that kind of cash, business can make a difference ? hey, you?re reading NextBillion.net,...
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Healthcare Delivery: Franchised Solutions
Despite their best efforts, government and NGO programs have generally failed to achieve the scale and sustainability necessary to provide adequate and affordable healthcare to many living below the poverty line. But as the Time Global Health Summit illustrated, the role of the private sector...
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What Works: First Mile Solutions’ DakNet Takes Rural Communities Online
What Works: First Mile Solutions’ DakNet Takes Rural Communities Online, the latest of WRI’s What Works case study series, is being released today. The full-length business case study, written by two Harvard University graduate students under WRI supervision, highlights how the innovative...
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New Feature on NB.net: Regionalized News
The Newsroom has been regionalized, allowing you to easily view the latest BOP news from a specific part of the world. Regional RSS feeds are now available as well.The regions, defined on the map below, include: Latin America, North Africa & the Near East, Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe...
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Global Health in the News
Bill Clinton and Bill Gates held forth Wednesday afternoon at the Time Global Health Summit in New York City. Both have made global health issues a priority through their foundations, and both received a standing ovation for the work that they have done. What was fascinating was how much they...
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