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Announcing Our New E-book: THE Big IDEA: Global Spread of Affordable Housing
About a year ago, NextBillion teamed up with one of our Content Partners, Ashoka, for a Twitter chat. Our mission: Unearth the overlapping challenges and the market solutions to affordable housing for the world’s low-income consumers and producers. We were soon buried in data. The discussion was lively, and as much as we tried to […]
Cultivating Potential: iDE UK and the Rise of the Female Farming Entrepreneur
Since its founding iDE UK has watched its projects transform the livelihoods and income opportunities of poor rural farmers in the developing world. However it is the potential in women that iDE UK sees as the greatest game changer of rural poverty. At iDE UK we have long recognised the important role that women play […]
The jury is still out, but all eyes are on the G8
Blog: Agriculture Fights Poverty The Camp David G8 Summit is fast approaching. Organizations like ONEhave been working tirelessly to influence the G8’s thinking on food and nutrition security. We’ve asked the G8 to not only deliver on their past commitments, but more importantly, agree to do more. At ONE, we’ve also asked our 3 million […]
At the State Dept., Contributing to an Impact Economy
Today at the US State Department in Washington, D.C., we are convening leaders across sectors and continents to discuss how we can work together to contribute to an impact economy by developing and deploying cutting-edge business and financial models that generate financial returns and positive social and environmental change. During our travels around the world, […]
The Challenges of Achieving Greater Transparency
Voûte, Nestlé Vice President and Global Head of Public Affairs At Nestlé we believe that actions speak louder than words. We have to deliver what we promise. We have to be transparent if we are to persuade our stakeholders, our partners, and our critics, that we are building our business in a long-term, sustainable way. […]
Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Companies: Fighting Poverty and Profit at the Same Time
From extractive companies, to financial service firms, multinationals, to small social enterprises, Business Fights Poverty’s blogs capture the trend in how business and the social sector are redefining their relationships to tackle tough social problems. Curiously, multinational pharmaceutical and medical device companies are absent from much of the conversation. Yet, it is difficult to find […]
Investing with Impact: Building Partnerships for a Better Tomorrow
Kris Balderston, US Special Representative for Global Partnerships, will hold a conversation with Kirsty Jenkinson, Director, Markets & Enterprise Program, World Resources Institute on “Investing with Impact: Building Partnerships for a Better Tomorrow.” The conversation will highlight how government and business are working together to promote lasting change and innovation around the globe. The discussion, […]
The World Bank's New Open Access Policy: Access to Insights at the Intersection of Business and Development
“Knowledge is power,” World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick said last week, commenting on the World Bank’s new Open Access policy. “Making our knowledge widely and readily available will empower others to come up with solutions to the world’s toughest problems.” Indeed, the Bank’s new Open Access policy builds on recent efforts to increase […]
The World Bank’s New Open Access Policy: Access to Insights at the Intersection of Business and Development
“Knowledge is power,” World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick said last week, commenting on the World Bank’s new Open Access policy. “Making our knowledge widely and readily available will empower others to come up with solutions to the world’s toughest problems.” Indeed, the Bank’s new Open Access policy builds on recent efforts to increase […]
Job and partnership opportunities with an evolving organisation – The Gatsby Charitable Foundation
The Gatsby Charitable Foundation is expanding as part of our changing strategy in Africa and our new approach to sector development, and we invite people to explore job and partnership opportunities with us. The Gatsby Charitable Foundation is a grant-making trust set-up by David Sainsbury – former finance director and chairman of J. Sainsbury plc. […]
iOnPoverty
Wall Street is facing a recruiting problem, reports the New York Times. The latest reminder that big banks are corrosive for careers of conscience comes from a NY Times op-ed piece by former Goldman Sachs executive Greg Smith who sharply describes a “toxic and destructive” workplace. Covet a career building economic opportunity and justice? Want […]
Unbeatable Tools for Small Business
As part of our new series of Editorial Specials highlighting our favourite resources on business and development, this blog looks at two excellent contrasting toolboxes for entrepreneurs. This month we have selected two excellent contrasting toolboxes for entrepreneurs. One, more conventional, covers the essentials to start and run operations: business plans, insurance, accounting and cash […]
Accion – Business Tools for Social Impact
Many people who, like me, have crossed into the social sector from a for-profit background, want to see nonprofits take advantage of business principles to generate ever better outcomes. Continuous improvement is one such tool. To oversimplify, continuous improvement involves capturing crucial performance data in ongoing feedback loops so staff can make enhancements to better […]
Goldman Sachs Versus Careers of Conscience
Wall Street is facing a recruiting problem, reports the New York Times. The latest reminder that big banks are corrosive for careers of conscience comes from a NY Times op-ed piece by former Goldman Sachs executive Greg Smith who sharply describes a “toxic and destructive” workplace. Covet a career building economic opportunity and justice? Want […]
IBLF – Expert Insight: Sir Stuart Rose, former Chairman, M&S
IBLF – Expert Insight: Sir Stuart Rose, former Chairman, M&S from Business Fights Poverty on Vimeo. “A sustainable business can be a responsible business and also a profitable business,” insists Sir Stuart Rose, former CEO and Chairman of leading retailer Marks & Spencer, in this dialogue with IBLF’s Shivvy Jervis. Sir Stuart launched a landmark […]
IBLF – Expert Insight: Sir Stuart Rose, former Chairman, M&S
IBLF – Expert Insight: Sir Stuart Rose, former Chairman, M&S from Business Fights Poverty on Vimeo. “A sustainable business can be a responsible business and also a profitable business,” insists Sir Stuart Rose, former CEO and Chairman of leading retailer Marks & Spencer, in this dialogue with IBLF’s Shivvy Jervis. Sir Stuart launched a landmark […]
Trends and Results in Private Sector Development (Continued)
The Donor Committee for Enterprise Development (DCED) organised a Seminar on trends and results in private sector development (PSD), in January 2012. It focused on what we are learning about results and in part on the DCED Standard for results measurement. There were around 100 participants from 32 countries, representing 54 different organisations, field programmes […]
The BoP Approach: Sinner or Savior?
Today several of the world’s largest corporations – including Hewlett Packard, SK Johnson and Unilever – are engaging with the so-called ‘bottom of the pyramid’, becoming key players in global development by selling products to improve health, nutrition and overall well-being in the rural markets of developing countries. Meanwhile development donors like DfID champion large […]
Trends and Results in Private Sector Development: Next Steps
The Donor Committee for Enterprise Development (DCED) organised a Seminar on trends and results in private sector development (PSD), in January 2012. It focused on what we are learning about results and in part on the DCED Standard for results measurement. There were around 100 participants from 32 countries, representing 54 different organisations, field programmes […]