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Value Chains

Woodblock Chocolate: From bean to bar, putting farmers first

An Oregon chocolate maker's story: how the company builds value from bean to bar.

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Financial Inclusion

Interview: How M-Pesa innovates new business models for its base of the pyramid customers

M-Pesa is one of the biggest success stories in the history of serving customers at the bottom of the pyramid. We talk with the head of strategy for financial services about how the company learns about their poorest customers, develops products that meet their needs, and educates about how to use them.

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Value Chains

Quotable: 20 years ago, fighting poverty felt futile. Not so today.

"Twenty years ago we spoke about the poor with a sense of futility, and I think now when you talk about the base of the pyramid, more often than not you're talking about markets and opportunities."

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Global Ideas News Brief: Climate insurance + Arab startups

Climate insurance, Arab startups, and a get-rich way to help the poor. Staff picks: what we're reading this week.

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Financial Inclusion

Slideshow: 8 Facts about Financial Inclusion and Gender

A new World Bank report shows that women still fall behind men in financial inclusion.

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Global Ideas News Brief: High tech toilets + Black market medicine

High tech toilets, black market malaria medication and building resilience. Staff picks: What we're reading this week.

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Twitter and international development: Who to follow and why

Here's a list of three interesting users to follow for each of Global Envision’s six beats.

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Global Ideas News Brief: Pyramid schemes + Complex stories

Face to face contact works for Africa's poorest customers, the promise of small-scale Ag and why NGOs should tell complex stories. Staff picks: what we're reading this week

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Value Chains

Quotable: Rwanda's president on government's relationship with the private sector

Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda, aims to raise the country to middle income status by 2020. Partnering with the private sector is a prime method.

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Value Chains

Addictive supply chains: Why Nestle can’t quit child labor

Multinational corporations can seem like alcoholics--they promise to reform, be responsible and end labor abuse--but in the end, quitting is harder than it appears.

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Mobile Technology

Infographic: Which countries have more mobile money accounts than bank accounts?

Africa is showing the world how mobile money can help build economies.

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Global Ideas News Brief: Managing disaster risks + the globalization conversation

Innovations to change sustainable industries, how natural disasters keep people poor and the new globalization. Staff Picks: What we're reading this week.

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Global Ideas News Brief: Should business solve society's biggest problems?

Why business can be good at solving the world's problems, escaping the cycle of scarcity, and the data revolution reaching further. Staff picks: What we're reading this week

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Global Ideas News Brief: Big data for climate resilience + Costs of sanitation

Big data creates a new underclass, poor sanitation drains resources, and how cell phones are transforming healthcare in Africa. Staff picks: What we're reading this week.

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Financial Inclusion

Day 1 at Mobile Money: Technology to Transform Transactions

What’s the best way to deliver on the promise of mobile money to bring financial inclusion to the BoP? The Center for Effective Global Action hosted dozens of telecommunications, banking, research and mobile money experts to explore that question.