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September 28 2009 Innovate Today: 8 Ways Business Can End Poverty
Tonic
September 18 2009 Innovation at the Bottom of the Pyramid
The New York Times
September 19 2009 We must see India and Bharat as one
Business.in.com
September 10 2009 A Fresh Start: How a Public-private Program Is Helping Rural Job-Seekers Find a Brighter Future
India Knowledge @ Wharton
September 10 2009 Danone may apply Bangladesh experience in India
Business Standard
August 28 2009 India: Economic Crisis Forces Businesses To Focus On The Poor
The Huffington Post
August 19 2009 Good for the Eyes, Lungs, and Brain: Phillips Develops Off-Grid Lighting for Africa
Treehugger
August 14 2009 Indian regulations stifling for social investing
The Times of India
August 20 2009 ‘Social Entrepreneur’ Looks to Light Up the World
Global Atlanta
August 21 2009 Bottom of the pyramid plan boosts revenues
Business Daily
August 17 2009 Lessons From the Developing World
The Wall Street Journal
August 14 2009 A Global Surge in Tiny Loans Spurs Credit Bubble in a Slum - WSJ.com
The Wall Street Journal
August 19 2009 New corporate structure could give social entrepreneurs new funding stream
Chicago Tribune
August 5 2009 The next billion cell phone users
San Francisco Chronicle
July 24 2009 Research be Profit-Driven to Sustain: Bill Gates
CXOtoday.com
July 21 2009 Real Economic Development in Afghanistan: Women Rug Weavers Create Hope
Centre for American Progress
July 23 2009 Dynamic troika: Three noted businesswomen team up to help microentrepreneurs
Business Mirror
July 7 2009 Drug Firms See Poorer Nations as Sales Cure
The Wall Street Journal
June 29 2009 Grameen Foundation and Google create mobile apps for Africa
The Seattle Times
June 26 2009 Bottom-of-pyramid poised to leapfrog with mobile wallet
The Economic Times
June 23 2009 Unitus expands in Africa as Indian partner mulls IPO
The Seattle Times
19 June 2009 Why Companies See Bright Prospects in Rural India
India knowledge @ Wharton
16 June 2009 Citadel Eyeing Slice of $2.3 Trillion Market
Emirates Business 24/7
15 June 2009 Mobile money to poor seen $5 billion market in 2012
Reuters
15 June 2009 A Bull Market in Social Entrepreneurs
Business Week
10 June 2009 New P&G leader to streamline, seek growth overseas
Associated Press
9 June 2009 World's 3.7 billion limited-income earners represent rapidly-growing consumer market
Eye of Dubai
3 June 2009 Banco Real: Brazilian lender focuses on both profit and growth
Financial Times
27 May 2009 Profit for good
Financial Times
27 May 2009 Coca Cola Distribution Model Contributes to Entrepreneurship
Social Funds
21 May 2009 The Patient Capitalist
The Economist
16 May 2009 Crossing The Divide - The Business of Social Good
Wall Street Journal
7 May 2009 After a Small Car, It's a Small Home from Tata Housing
Wall Street Journal
4 May 2009 GE Healthcare Innovates in India for Bottom of the Pyramid
Business Standard
29 April 2009 Making Better Investments at the Base of the Pyramid
Harvard Business Review
27 April 2009 Time for a New Kind of Capitalism?
BBC World Service
16 April 2009 Third-World Stove Soot is Target in Climate Fight
New York Times
12 April 2009 Products for the other 3 Billion
Fortune
6 April 2009 Nokia Bets on Mobile Payment
Technology Review
26 March 2009 Forgotten Victims of the global downturn
Financial Times
4 March 2009 A Social Solution, Without Going the Nonprofit Route
New York Times
18 February 2009 Pots of Gold
Guardian
3 February 2009 How Innovations from Developing Nations Trickle-Up to the West
Fast Company
30 January 2009 Philanthropy: Charity alone not the answer in tackling poverty
Financial Times
30 January 2009 Foreign Aid and Bad Government
The Wall Street Journal
30 January 2009 Base of the pyramid innovations offer growth opportunities for business and communities
World Economic Form
27 January 2009 Capital flows to developing world at risk of collapse
Financial Times
11 January 2009 How Access to Information Can Tackle Poverty and Pollution
The Huffington Post
Date News Items - 2008
19 December 2008 Connecting the next billion users
BBC
15 December 2008 UN Private Sector Forum Seeks Long-term response to Global food crisis, endemic poverty
UN-Business Focal Point
12 December 2008 Business gurus explore opportunity in poverty
Indian Express
10 December 2008 Why academia and business corporations should know about the Millennium Development Goals
Joan Marques
27 November 2008 A new system of development finance
Financial Times
14 November 2008 Business and the Millennium Development Goals
Corporate Citizenship.com
24 October 2008 Australian business congregates for positive change
UNDP Newsroom
9 October 2008 Governments and the Development Community Warming to Private Sector
6 October 2008 Worldwide Mobile Phones Reach Four Billion 2008
allAfrica.com
1 October 2008 The Right Solutions at the Right Time
Ideas 4 Development
26 September 2008 Australian private sector encouraged to help end global poverty
ABC News
26 September 2008 UNDP launches video on the Business Call to Action
26 September 2008 WBCSD speaks up on poverty at United-Nations High Level Event
26 September 2008 Mayor Bloomberg launches US Leadership Initiative
25 September 2008 A race to prevent disaster
Financial Times
25 September 2008 Clinton calls on business to end hunger
International Herald Tribune
25 September 2008 Obama talks Global Poverty to Clinton Global Initiative
ONE Campaign
25 September 2008 Clinton and Geldof join for world hunger
The Age
24 September 2008 Business plays a key role in achieving the Millennium Development Goals
Guy Sebban Secretary General International Chamber of Commerce
24 September 2008 Award winners prove that fighting poverty is good for business
24 September 2008 Secretary General, World Bank Chief attend launch of Private Sector Forum
UN News Service
24 September 2008 Business leaders to Build New Partnerships to Fight Hunger and Advance Millennium Development Goals
UN Global Compact
24 September 2008 Global leaders urge business to help end hunger
Reuters
24 September 2008 Ban appeals to business leaders to help tackle global food crisis
UN News Service
20 September 2008 The world needs more subprime loans
Newsweek
18 September 2008 UN Chief fears world impact of US financial crisis
18 September 2008 POET CEO to speak at United Nations Forum
17 September 2008 Fairtrade Conference announces expansion plans
16 September 2008 Achieving UN development goals still feasible
4 September 2008 Rich nations fall short on aid delivery
Financial Times
2 September 2008 Business as a Vital Development Partner
Chamber Post
29 August 2008 Aid is good, Business is better
International Herald Tribunal
28 August 2008 Global Poverty figures revised upward
One World
25 August 2008 Climate change and the purpose of growth
The Economic Times (India)
24 August 2008 Opinion: Innovative business linkages to help the poor
New Straits Times Online
21 August 2008 Sachs: Web, Mobiles drive Economic Development, Gulf Times
20 August 2008 The time is right for creative capitalism
Harvard Business School
19 August 2008 Industry Majors say they benefitted from tapping rural markets
Yahoo! India News
19 August 2008 Big Finance muscles in on microlending
Spiegel Online International
19 August 2008 Intel Chairman urges Big Tech to tackle social problems
Fortune
2 August 2008 Anti-poverty MDGs threatened by failure of WTO talks: UN
The Economic Times (India)
31 July 2008 Making Capitalism More Creative by Bill Gates
TIME Magazine
31 July 2008 The Creative Capitalism Roundtable
TIME Magazine
26 July 2008 Global economic shocks throw 16mn people into poverty: UN
Business Standard (India)
21 July 2008 Emerging markets let IBM ride out turbulence
Financial Times
19 July 2008 Urgent changes needed in global agri policies: UN
The Times of India
18 July 2008 Fair trade through Doha
New Statesman
14 July 2008 Inclusive markets: creating value for all
The Chronicle Herald
10 July 2008 The Next Billion
India Today
9 July 2008 Chinese president: Millennium Development Goals should be achieved in comprehensive, balanced way
7 July 2008 A Call for Smarter Aid
Forbes Magazine
7 July 2008 Widow entrepreneurs of Gujarat working to earn a decent living
Wall Street Journal
3 July 2008 ANZ Royal aims to take wing in Cambodia
Australian Financial Review
3 July 2008 Inclusive business model could serve the poor
The Economic Times (India)
2 July 2008 Can the private sector help reach the MDGs?
Business Fights Poverty
1 July 2008 Business enlisted to combat poverty
New York Times
30 June 2008 Cracking the BoP code
The Hindu Business Line
29 June 2008 A passage through India
Financial Times
27 June 2008 UN to press G8 on food crisis, climate change, poverty
World Bank Group
26 June 2008 Doing good by doing very nicely indeed
The Economist
24 June 2008 Rockefeller 2.0: Gates relaunches philanthropy
MSNBC

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