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Confusion on Where Money Lent via Kiva Goes
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Last month, David Roodman, a research fellow at the Center for Global Development, pressed a button on his laptop as his bus left the Lincoln Tunnel in Manhattan and started a debate that has people re-examining the country’s latest celebrated charity, Kiva.org.
Oprah Winfrey extolled Kiva on her TV show. Nicholas D. Kristof, a [...]
Baseline Scenario: What I Didn’t Get To Say On Bill Maher Last Night
We could have talked more (or even the whole show) about the ideas of Mohammad Yunus. His book, Creating A World Without Poverty, argues we should look beyond standard for-profit business and consider expanding the emphasis on “social business.” This – among other things – preserves investors’ capital but doesn’t aim to make it grow, while [...]
Innovation Wednesday Update – January 30, 2007
This was our 4th great session! 1 major new idea (to the group) and continuing development on a concept that was introduced at last week’s get together.
Participants seem to be finding that a group of individuals from wildly different backgrounds brainstorming their idea/plans to be a very helpful way of reality checking what they [...]
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