Daily Yomiuri Online – Japan
Naoto Azuma / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer
An increasing number of Japanese companies have begun to target the bottom of the pyramid (BOP), the world's poorest socioeconomic group, aiming to eradicate poverty and improve sanitary conditions in developing countries--and reap a...
..."social entrepreneurs" also are engaging in the same field. Microfinance International Corp., set up by former Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi employee...
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/20090928TDY07306.htm
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
Video interview with Alvaro Rodriguez - IGNIA
Hi All,
Please take a look at Alvaro Rodriguez’s interview with Matthew Bishop, New York Bureau Chief for The Economist at the Clinton Global Initiative 2009.
http://audiovideo.economist.com/?fr_chl=e47af75afdb36a7a772156054235a8dfbfa5964f&rf=bm&source=hptextfeature
Mara
Please take a look at Alvaro Rodriguez’s interview with Matthew Bishop, New York Bureau Chief for The Economist at the Clinton Global Initiative 2009.
http://audiovideo.economist.com/?fr_chl=e47af75afdb36a7a772156054235a8dfbfa5964f&rf=bm&source=hptextfeature
Mara
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Please Join Us: ACCION USA Microfinance Council Annual Meeting Picnic
All,
I came across the below volunteer opportunity. To be honest, I don’t much about it, however, I am certainly going to look into it further as I think working with a microfinance company in this capacity would be a great opportunity. Please feel free to let me know if you’re interested or to reach out to the firm directly.
Thanks,
Mike
Microfinance Council
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MBA Class of 2011
email: MTillman11@gsb.columbia.edu
mobile: 646-420-1930
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Hi everyone!
Few updates:
1)Please visit the Monitor Inclusive Markets (http://www.mim.monitor.com/), where you can find the “Emerging markets, emerging models” report for downloading. I have posted it on Angel too under Session 3.
2)Check out the Development Marketplace website (http://siteresources.worldbank.org/DEVMARKETPLACE/4416738-1196093766795/21583185/DM.htm): Development Marketplace (DM) is a competitive grant program administered by the World Bank and supported by various partners that identifies and funds innovative, early-stage projects with high potential for development impact. DM competitions – held at the global, regional and country level – attract ideas from a range of innovators, including civil society groups, social entrepreneurs, academia and businesses.
3)Check out couple of new websites under “Blogs on Intl Development” session
-Beyond Profit (http://beyondprofitmag.com/) is a new print/online magazine focused on social enterprise, ideas and people in emerging and developing markets
-Microfinance Insights (https://www.microfinanceinsights.com/index.asp) offers in-depth analyses and commentary on the microfinance sector, updates on the latest trends, and profiles of global sector players
4)Questions for the forth class (due by midnight on Wednesday, September 30th) have been posted
Let me know if you have any questions.
Have a nice weekend
Best,
Mara
Few updates:
1)Please visit the Monitor Inclusive Markets (http://www.mim.monitor.com/), where you can find the “Emerging markets, emerging models” report for downloading. I have posted it on Angel too under Session 3.
2)Check out the Development Marketplace website (http://siteresources.worldbank.org/DEVMARKETPLACE/4416738-1196093766795/21583185/DM.htm): Development Marketplace (DM) is a competitive grant program administered by the World Bank and supported by various partners that identifies and funds innovative, early-stage projects with high potential for development impact. DM competitions – held at the global, regional and country level – attract ideas from a range of innovators, including civil society groups, social entrepreneurs, academia and businesses.
3)Check out couple of new websites under “Blogs on Intl Development” session
-Beyond Profit (http://beyondprofitmag.com/) is a new print/online magazine focused on social enterprise, ideas and people in emerging and developing markets
-Microfinance Insights (https://www.microfinanceinsights.com/index.asp) offers in-depth analyses and commentary on the microfinance sector, updates on the latest trends, and profiles of global sector players
4)Questions for the forth class (due by midnight on Wednesday, September 30th) have been posted
Let me know if you have any questions.
Have a nice weekend
Best,
Mara
Monday, September 21, 2009
Gates Foundation Presents MIF Competition
Gates Foundation Presents the International Marketplace on Innovative Financial Solutions for Development (MIF) Competition
Date: Thursday, September 24 from 6-7pm
Location: 207 Warren, Columbia University
Orin Hasson, Associate Program Officer, Development Finance and Economic Policy at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will discuss the Gates Foundation's initiatives in development finance and discuss the upcoming International Marketplace on Innovative Financial Solutions for Development (MIF), to be held in Paris on March 4-5, 2010. The 2010 MIF, co-sponsored by Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the World Bank, will be dedicated to innovative, smart, fine-tuned financial mechanisms for mobilizing, channeling, and spending funds dedicated to development.
A key feature of the MIF will be a competition to garner fresh ideas for financial solutions aimed at reducing poverty and sustainably improving livelihoods through addressing market or government failures. Grants will be awarded for up to five proposals in a two step selection process entrusted to a special jury. In the first phase, approximately 20 finalists will be selected to present at the MIF Conference in Paris, and the MIF will award up to five grants of up to $100,000 each.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
The List of Books
We will keep track of the books and web resources that Professor Bugg-Levine mentions in class. For those that are curious to learn more, you can find the list under “Links”
The Next 4 Billion
During Thursday class Professor Bugg-Levine presented data to measure market opportunity at the BOP. You can find downloadable full text, charts and ppt presentations here:
http://www.wri.org/publication/the-next-4-billion.
Enjoy!
http://www.wri.org/publication/the-next-4-billion.
Enjoy!
Monday, September 14, 2009
AngelAfrica's "Africa Enterprise Conference" - Sept 25 & 26, NYC
The 2009 conference will gather 250 people over two full days to jointly showcase leadership and innovation in Africa's private and social sectors: http://cts.vresp.com/c/?AngelAfrica/2b288d3bb2/54320d4ab8/0e92fcfc79
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Lecture from Hans Rosling
Hi all,
a few days ago I came across this lecture from Hans Rosling (http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_at_state.html)
It is closely related to what we discussed in the first session of the course and I found it very interesting.
I hope you enjoy it as well.
Ciao,
Vincenzo
Vincenzo Fantasia
MBA class of 2010
(917) 545-5284
Friday, September 11, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Child Mortality Rate Declines Globally
During today class Professor Bugg-Levine has discussed child mortality as a proxy for development.
You can find an interesting article on the topic http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/world/10child.html?_r=4.
Enjoy the reading!
You can find an interesting article on the topic http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/world/10child.html?_r=4.
Enjoy the reading!
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Business Innovations in International Development course introduction
Hello everyone!
As Professor Bugg-Levine said below, I will be the TA of this course. That means I will be in charge of making sure the blog is ready to receive your posts and comments, as well as the answers to the questionnaires. For any technical question, please refer to me. But before that, let me go quickly over some basics.
First, whenever you feel the unstoppable urge to share something with the class, you should go ahead and email any text, links and pictures to the following address: marademonte.innovations@blogger.com (sorry, blogger wouldn’t let me choose a less personal one). Your email will be published immediately for everyone’s benefit.
Second, I will send everyone an email update after a post has been published. That way you’ll be able to go to the blog and provide your comments or answer the questionnaires.
Finally, I have added a blogroll with three blogs that are focused on international development. If anyone knows of a really good one that I may have missed, please let me know (email or comment!) so we can add it.
Thanks for your patience. I would kindly encourage you to provide any feedback you may have about this blog. We’ve been thinking hard about how to make the course interactive outside of the classroom and would love to know how to improve the results.
Cheers!
Mara
As Professor Bugg-Levine said below, I will be the TA of this course. That means I will be in charge of making sure the blog is ready to receive your posts and comments, as well as the answers to the questionnaires. For any technical question, please refer to me. But before that, let me go quickly over some basics.
First, whenever you feel the unstoppable urge to share something with the class, you should go ahead and email any text, links and pictures to the following address: marademonte.innovations@blogger.com (sorry, blogger wouldn’t let me choose a less personal one). Your email will be published immediately for everyone’s benefit.
Second, I will send everyone an email update after a post has been published. That way you’ll be able to go to the blog and provide your comments or answer the questionnaires.
Finally, I have added a blogroll with three blogs that are focused on international development. If anyone knows of a really good one that I may have missed, please let me know (email or comment!) so we can add it.
Thanks for your patience. I would kindly encourage you to provide any feedback you may have about this blog. We’ve been thinking hard about how to make the course interactive outside of the classroom and would love to know how to improve the results.
Cheers!
Mara
Monday, September 7, 2009
Welcome to Business Innovatoins...2009
Business Innovations students:
I look forward to meeting you all on Thursday afternoon and to kicking off what should be a great semester. We have provocative and inspiring ideas and examples to cover together in a topic that gets both more timely and more sophisticated all the time. I look forward to discussing these with you and for all of us to learn from your diverse and experiences.
As noted in the syllabus, the topic of business and development naturallly lends itself to provocative conversations about what we care most about and how we can apply our skills to achieve it. To facilitate this interaction, we have set up this blog. In addition to encouraging you to post interesting articles you see or ideas you have related to our coursework, we will also use the blog to post weekly questions on the required readings that I will use as the basis for navigating the following session. Your timely answer to these questions is both very helpful in setting up the class discussions and measured as part of your class participation grade. These questions will rarely take more than a few minutes to answer but offer an invaluable pulse of your perspective on the course material. We will post questions on the day after each session and need answers by Wednesday evening of the following week so that we have time to collate and analyze them before the Thursday afternoon session.
The first questions should be up soon. They do not require you to have completed the reading firstWe do have a few required readings for the first session. These are all relatively short but set the context for the course. In the event you are not able to get your coursebooks before Thursday, I have sent you an email to your Columbia address with the readings attached--please let Mara know if you did not receive this email. They are:
--Case study: this is a brief write-up on one business innovation to revive a domestic cashew processing industry in Mozambique. This is background to a role-play exercise we will conduct on Thursday
--UNDP report: Read Ch 1-2 (~20 pages) of this report (and more if you are particularly interested). This was a breakthrough report for one of the most important development agencies to acknowledge the potential in private sector and business-led development approaches and touches on many themes we will find later in the course
--Philanthrocapitalism--a counter-point to the "good news" you will read elsewhere about the role of the private sector in development. This attack on business-oriented charity and development work caused quite a stir when it came out last year
--Global Monitoring report: introduction--this is the World's Bank annual overview of the global economy. It provides important context for the beginning of our discussion about the relative gains and pains experienced by poor countries during the recent commodities boom and global economic crisis.
Mara De Monte, our TA, will be able to answer any any questions you have on course logistics. If you want to contact me directly, email me at antonybugglevine@gmail.com (rather than my Columbia address) though I am not always able to answer immediately.
I look forward to seeing you on Thursday,
Prof. Bugg-Levine
I look forward to meeting you all on Thursday afternoon and to kicking off what should be a great semester. We have provocative and inspiring ideas and examples to cover together in a topic that gets both more timely and more sophisticated all the time. I look forward to discussing these with you and for all of us to learn from your diverse and experiences.
As noted in the syllabus, the topic of business and development naturallly lends itself to provocative conversations about what we care most about and how we can apply our skills to achieve it. To facilitate this interaction, we have set up this blog. In addition to encouraging you to post interesting articles you see or ideas you have related to our coursework, we will also use the blog to post weekly questions on the required readings that I will use as the basis for navigating the following session. Your timely answer to these questions is both very helpful in setting up the class discussions and measured as part of your class participation grade. These questions will rarely take more than a few minutes to answer but offer an invaluable pulse of your perspective on the course material. We will post questions on the day after each session and need answers by Wednesday evening of the following week so that we have time to collate and analyze them before the Thursday afternoon session.
The first questions should be up soon. They do not require you to have completed the reading firstWe do have a few required readings for the first session. These are all relatively short but set the context for the course. In the event you are not able to get your coursebooks before Thursday, I have sent you an email to your Columbia address with the readings attached--please let Mara know if you did not receive this email. They are:
--Case study: this is a brief write-up on one business innovation to revive a domestic cashew processing industry in Mozambique. This is background to a role-play exercise we will conduct on Thursday
--UNDP report: Read Ch 1-2 (~20 pages) of this report (and more if you are particularly interested). This was a breakthrough report for one of the most important development agencies to acknowledge the potential in private sector and business-led development approaches and touches on many themes we will find later in the course
--Philanthrocapitalism--a counter-point to the "good news" you will read elsewhere about the role of the private sector in development. This attack on business-oriented charity and development work caused quite a stir when it came out last year
--Global Monitoring report: introduction--this is the World's Bank annual overview of the global economy. It provides important context for the beginning of our discussion about the relative gains and pains experienced by poor countries during the recent commodities boom and global economic crisis.
Mara De Monte, our TA, will be able to answer any any questions you have on course logistics. If you want to contact me directly, email me at antonybugglevine@gmail.com (rather than my Columbia address) though I am not always able to answer immediately.
I look forward to seeing you on Thursday,
Prof. Bugg-Levine
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