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WDI’s Healthcare Research Initiative hosted a special preview Jan. 28 of a new USAID guide and toolkit designed to help people develop, introduce and scale global health innovations. David Milestone of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Center for Accelerating Innovation and Impact led the WDI seminar. The center developed, “IDEA…

WDI Senior Research Fellow Ted London recently sat down for a question and answer session with the blog site Global Envision to talk about the base of the pyramid and WDI's recently-released BoP Roadmap. You can read the Q&A session with London here. To learn more about the BoP Roadmap,…

Following a successful Development Consulting Services (DCS) workshop in the Philippines and editorial assistance from GlobaLens case writers, the William Davidson Institute (WDI) is proud to announce the publication of the Philippines Case Collection on the GlobaLens website. The cases are some of the first to be written by Filipino…

WDI Senior Research Fellow Ted London has penned a blog post that calls on BoP leaders to take stock of the inclusive business domain, noting achievements over the past decade, but cautioning that there are warning signs on the horizon. Posted on The Practitioner Hub for Inclusive Business website, “Inflection…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…