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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…

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…

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…

WDI Senior Research Fellow Ted London will deliver the keynote address, “Global Trends of the BoP,” at a base of the pyramid (BoP) symposium on Oct. 7 in Japan. The Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF) and the United Nations University (UNU-MERIT) organized the symposium, “Innovating Business Models for the BoP.” In…

The deadline for entry forms for the 2015 NextBillion Case Writing Competition is Oct. 10. The deadline to submit a case study is Dec. 19. Get all the important information here, including contest forms, important dates, and helpful resources. The competition is sponsored by the Citi Foundation and administered by…

Prashant Yadav, director of the healthcare research initiative at the William Davidson Institute, moderated the panel discussion, “Altering the Future of Well-being, ” Sept. 30 at the World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in New York City. Made up of six experts in the field of healthcare — Anita Goel…

New WDI President Paul Clyde recently sat down for a Q&A with Crain's Detroit Business reporter Kirk Pinho. Clyde, who was appointed president this past summer, spoke on a number of subjects with Pinho. Read the full interview here. To read more about Clyde and his appointment as president, click…

WDI hosted a webinar Sept. 30 featuring the World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s Social Capital Manager Kitrhona Cerri, who talked about the organization’s new socio-economic measurement program called “Redefining Value.” The webinar was a question-and-answer format led by WDI Impact Assessment Program Manager Heather Esper, tackling a broad range…

NextBillion, an initiative of WDI, is serving as a media partner for the Business Call to Action Annual Forum 2014 in New York City. Held in the same week as the United Nations General Assembly, the forum brings together multinational company leaders, NGOs, small entrepreneurs, and public sector agency representatives…

Bilal Salman was heading into his senior year at Al Quds College in Amman, Jordan when he learned about a new entrepreneurship program at the school. He said he liked the idea of a program to “help students create jobs instead of getting jobs.” The Community College Entrepreneurship: Integration to…