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"Dealing in Security" - Simple Critical Infrastructure Mapping Simple, open tools for showing people how life works in the villages - water, sewage, food and all the other essential needs of life. De... Started by Vinay GuptaLatest Reply
The Giant Solar Funnel - a new design for a solar cooker Solar funnel from Jonathan Sanderson on Vimeo. Note the extreme manufacturability / design for extreme affordability factors. Anybody ... Started by Vinay GuptaLatest Reply
Social Enterprises with Direct Sales Models Dear BoPers: I am doing some research for Acumen Fund and trying to identify a number of social enterprises with direct sales models to ... Started by Joel MontgomeryLatest Reply

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"Dealing in Security" - Simple Critical Infrastructure Mapping

Simple, open tools for showing people how life works in the villages - water, sewage, food and all the other essential needs of life. De...

Started by Vinay GuptaLatest Reply

The Giant Solar Funnel - a new design for a solar cooker

Solar funnel from Jonathan Sanderson on Vimeo. Note the extreme manufacturability / design for extreme affordability factors. Anybody ...

Started by Vinay GuptaLatest Reply

Social Enterprises with Direct Sales Models

Dear BoPers: I am doing some research for Acumen Fund and trying to identify a number of social enterprises with direct sales models to ...

Started by Joel MontgomeryLatest Reply

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Global Swadeshi Dialogues return: Lukas Bergstrom of One Acre Fund (text interview) http://oneacrefund.org is a group operating in Africa doing incredible work: doubled food production, halved (or better) infant mortality... Started by Vinay Gupta	0	Oct 12
You set the agenda for the Microfinance Gateway Take the 2009 Microfinance Gateway User Survey for a chance to win up to $75 worth of microfinance related publications! Started by TheMicrofinanceGateway	0	Oct 7
Youth Social Entrepreneurship Tools, Training, and Social Networking Charles Tsai of Ashoka just released a toolkit for young social entrepreneurs. Its available at Slideshare.net and in PDF form (I wish I ... Started by Nathan Ketsdever	0	Sep 25
Book Review. Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day Richard Rosenberg of CGAP reviews the new book by the Financial Diaries team which challenges common assumptions about poor people's fina... Started by TheMicrofinanceGateway	0	Sep 23
What Do We Really Know About Microfinance’s Impact? David Roodman, Research Fellow at the Center for Global Development, has written a review of microfinance studies to date. He suggests th... Started by TheMicrofinanceGateway	0	Sep 2
Chid Congress in Lalitpur "Let's make our school and community child friendly" Slogan for child Congress. Interested organization can take part in it. Date: 28 Aug... Started by Madhukar Tuladhar	0	Aug 15
Consumer Protection Consumer protection is growing in importance across the industry. Banco del Exito (Banex) has done some good work in putting consumer pro... Started by TheMicrofinanceGateway	0	Jul 31
Social Enterprises with Direct Sales Models Dear BoPers: I am doing some research for Acumen Fund and trying to identify a number of social enterprises with direct sales models to ... Started by Joel Montgomery	8	Jul 24 Reply by Joel Montgomery
"Dealing in Security" - Simple Critical Infrastructure Mapping Simple, open tools for showing people how life works in the villages - water, sewage, food and all the other essential needs of life. De... Started by Vinay Gupta	0	Jun 15
The Giant Solar Funnel - a new design for a solar cooker Solar funnel from Jonathan Sanderson on Vimeo. Note the extreme manufacturability / design for extreme affordability factors. Anybody ... Started by Vinay Gupta	4	Jun 12 Reply by Vinay Gupta