- Featured Videos: Madison Ayer of Honey Care Africa and Farm Shop
Featured Videos: Madison Ayer of Honey Care Africa and Farm Shop
Monday, December 8, 2014
Madison Ayer, who leads two social ventures in Africa, is featured in two recent WDI videos. In the first, Ayer discusses the latest with Honey Care Africa. In the second, he talks about a new venture called Farm Shop. In both videos, Ayer is interviewed by WDI Senior Research Fellow… - Next WDI Speaker To Discuss Financial Tools To Fend Off Poverty
Next WDI Speaker To Discuss Financial Tools To Fend Off Poverty
Friday, December 5, 2014
The usefulness of inclusive financial products and services - such as commitment savings and microinsurance – to give low-income families across the developing world more tools to ensure that shocks do not push them further into poverty was the topic of the Dec. 8 WDI Global Impact Speaker Series. Thierry… - London Talks Roadmap On Google Hangout
London Talks Roadmap On Google Hangout
Thursday, November 20, 2014
WDI Senior Research Fellow Ted London participated in a Google Hangout hosted by Devin Thorpe of Your Mark On The World Center. During the 9-minute discussion, London talked about the recently-released BoP Roadmap he authored along with Stuart Hart and Sateen Sheth, and the role it will play in the… - Marketing Manager Of Mexican BoP Initiative To Speak
Marketing Manager Of Mexican BoP Initiative To Speak
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
The marketing manager of an initiative in Mexico that provides construction materials to low-income customers to build new homes or expand their existing ones was the featured speaker at the Nov. 19 WDI Speaker Series. The event with Henning Alts Schoutz of CEMEX’s Patrimonio Hoy initiative began at 5 p.m.… - Yadav Co-Authors Op-Ed On India’s Sterilization Program
Yadav Co-Authors Op-Ed On India’s Sterilization Program
Monday, November 17, 2014
Prashant Yadav, director of WDI's Healthcare Research Initiative, wrote an article for The World Post, part of The Huffington Post, with Dr. James Bernstein, M.D. on the controversial and dangerous sterilization process in India. The article, "The India Sterilization Tragedy; Highlighting The Need for Better Choices, Safer Procedures," was published… - London Speaks At Launch Of Inclusive Business Network
London Speaks At Launch Of Inclusive Business Network
Thursday, November 13, 2014
WDI Senior Research Fellow Ted London was the keynote speaker at the Nov. 18 launch of the Inclusive Business Action Network (IBAN) in Berlin, Germany. Established by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, the IBAN aims to create a… - WDI’s Esper Tackles Impact Framework for IDNs in Guatemala
WDI’s Esper Tackles Impact Framework for IDNs in Guatemala
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Heather Esper, WDI program manager for impact assessment, recently took part in a panel discussion focused on building a results and impact reporting framework for an inclusive distribution network at an Inter-American Development Bank SCALA event in Antigua, Guatemala. Esper shared why it is important to measure the impact of… - WDI Unveils BoP Roadmap
WDI Unveils BoP Roadmap
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
WDI’s Base of the Pyramid (BoP) Research Initiative hosted a launch event Oct. 23 in Washington, D.C. for its BoP Roadmap, which is designed to re-energize the BoP domain for the next decade. The roadmap is an action agenda that represents a shared vision for the BoP community, and was… - Yadav Speaks At Symposium That Honors UM Student
Yadav Speaks At Symposium That Honors UM Student
Thursday, October 16, 2014
WDI Senior Fellow Prashant Yadav spoke Oct. 18 on global health market dynamics at the Sujal M. Parikh Memorial Symposium for Health and Social Justice at the University of Michigan (U-M). The annual symposium, at the A. Alfred Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building, was held in honor of Parikh, a U-M… - Preparing B-School Students To Make Impact
Preparing B-School Students To Make Impact
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
WDI Senior Research Fellow Ted London gave the keynote speech at the World Investment Forum (WIF) Oct. 16 in Geneva on what innovations are needed in business school curricula to support WIF’s “Business Schools for Impact” objective of preparing students for investing and operating in low-income countries with positive economic…