Global Envision | The Confluence of Global Markets and Poverty Alleviation

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Social Enterprise

We have to grow: 3 strategies for social startups to scale up

You’re an entrepreneur with an innovative, potentially life-changing product. Next step: Expand and reach your target population. Easier said than done.

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Value Chains

Pairing risk reduction with income generation makes communities more resilient

People earning money are more likely to protect their homes, land and life before disaster strikes, rather than only responding after traumatic events occur.

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Value Chains

Water ATMs bring new meaning to pay-as-you go

In India, water entrepreneurs are bringing clean water to more people than ever, and spurring economic development through profitable water ATMs.

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Financial Inclusion

Quotable: Africa alone has more mobile money users than Facebook does worldwide

There are now more mobile money activity users in Africa than there are users of Facebook.

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Value Chains

Why smart multinationals are creating awards for social innovators

What would the Academy be without the Oscars? What would NCAA basketball be without March Madness?

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Social Enterprise

Mercy Corps partnership ushers in the mobile age for rural Filipino farmers

Filipino rice farmers will soon pad their mobile wallets with more than just mobile money: they'll get on-demand farming advice, too.

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Social Enterprise

Talent scramble: 5 smart staffing tips for social enterprises

Social entrepreneurs don’t just need lots of investors and a jazzy business plan. They also need to invest in their workers.

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Financial Inclusion

Mobile-powered and dirt cheap, Bima is revolutionizing microinsurance

Bima, a young Swedish microinsurance company, is using mobile phones to sell as many as three billion new insurance policies to the global poor.

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Social Enterprise

New web series examines the social enterprise launch pad

Experts in impact investing are getting together on NextBillion to talk about what impact investment funds can do better to help early-stage startups get off the ground.

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Social Enterprise

Mercy Corps’ Agri-Fin Mobile program goes live in Indonesia, Uganda, and Zimbabwe

A unique “bundled” mobile service is changing the way smallholder farmers conduct business.

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Youth Skills

Tweetable insights on entrepreneurship from Google's Cairo confab

The Giza sun elicited hot topics last Saturday as emerging entrepreneurs and experienced experts shared challenges and strategies for new business in the Middle East and North Africa.