Lighting Up Rural India 
By Kerry A. Dolan, Forbes, June 16, 2008
D. light, a start-up company founded by recent graduates of Stanford Business school has created three different types of light for rural India. Its portable Nova light has a high-powered LED that d.light claims can run for 40 hours on a full charge. It comes with a solar panel, so recharging costs nothing. D. light also has a special emphasis on redesigning solar--and trying to eliminate kerosene.
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Science for the Poor
By Purple S. Romero, ABS-CBN News, June 13, 2008
The Ateneo of School Government (ASoG), in partnership with the International Development Research Center, launched a new three year initiative: Innovation for BOP (iBOP). iBOP gives governments, businesses, civil society and scientists a venue where ideas for pro-poor innovations could be cultivated and sustained.
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Even the Poorest Can Be a Thriving Market
By Jean-Louis Warnholz, Harvard Business Review, May 31, 2008
The idea that global companies can do good and do well at the “bottom of the pyramid”—that is, among the poor populations of developing countries—has generated excitement among corporations, governments, and NGOs in recent years.
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Retail in India: Capturing the Opportunities
Knowledge at Wharton, May 29, 2008
A closer look at India and the BoP through a recent Wharton India Economic Forum panel titled, "Retail & Consumer Technology: Selling to the
New Indian Consumer.”
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Big retailers plan big by thinking small, eye bottom of pyramid
By Saurabh Turakhia & Radhika Pancholi, McClatchy-Tribune Business News, May 28, 2008
MUMBAI -- While organized retail is not going to hurt small retailers, according to a report released by New Delhi-based Indian Council For Research on International Economic Relations on Monday, big retailers are planning to become bigger by thinking small
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Nokia Users Drive Innovation
By Jack Ewing , Business Week, April 30, 2008
Through online aps such as Sports Tracker and Nokia Beta Lab, the Finnish handset giant gathers customers' ideas from around the world—virtually free
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Nigeria: Mobile Phones Narrow Poverty Gap in Emerging Markets - UN Report
By Miebi Senge, allAfrica.com, February 13, 2008
A New report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, (UNCTAD) states that use of modern ICT gadgets like the mobile phones and net access are helping to narrow the digital bridge between the rich nations and emerging economies.
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Connecting Africans to Web Potential
Marketplace, October 29, 2007
There are nearly a billion people on the continent of Africa, and only 4 percent of the population has Internet access. But some companies connect web access with new market potential and job creation.
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Immigrants Build Houses in Mexico with Remittances- The Case of Construmex
By Ana Escalante, NextBillion.net, July 30, 2007
Many immigrants come to work in the US, and when they do, they usually leave family behind. Often, their primary objective is to make money and provide for their families back home.
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