LimeExchange is a new service marketplace for SMEs in India that will let them bid for free on service contracts from providers. Lime Spot, the company that also started LimeWire, hopes to leverage its global platform to allow SMEs in India compete for contracts all over the world. PluGGd.in writes that LimeExchange provides buyers with [...]

A new documentary made on the precarious situation of the American education system places a large amount of emphasis on how the quality of Indian and Chinese students far surpass those of America and that this situation will pose a serious threat to US economic and technological prominence. High school often is measured by years [...]

Abhijit Banerjee and Lakshmi Iyer have published yesterday a paper that attempts to explain “the impact of a specific historical institution on long-term development, specifically the land tenure systems instituted during British colonial rule. The paper compares the long-term development outcomes between areas where controls rights in land were historically given to a few landlords [...]

The other day, we posted an article by PSD Blog suggesting that the new development paradigm still suffers from the same shortcomings of the old guard. Today, we have come across one initiative to help address those concerns, as Xigi.net has released a new Social Capital Index that intends to be a tracking tool for [...]

Easily one of the coolest, and more useful, tools that I have come across. Maplecroft Maps has created interactive maps that flesh out all sort of major issues that affect humanity — from global water supply to financial risk to renewable energy usage. All in all over 65 maps are available for people to utilize [...]

A new Bangalore startup, DhanaX aims to be the primary lending platform for low-income borrowers. While at first glance it may look simply like a Kiva.org knockoff, with 70% of India still living in the rural areas and current access to such microfinance platforms still limited, another player in this field may not be that [...]

The World Bank’s PSD Blog posted yesterday on how despite the novelty of social entreprenership and its potential to change the way development operates, it still suffers from teh same pitfalls that plague traditional development models. The report cited suggests that we still have some ways to go before we can officially label the emergence of [...]

from Let Me Know www.A2ZScholarships.com is an initiative by students of the Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), who have put together a directory of scholarships on offer from around the world. The website has been put together by over 200 students, mostly hostelites at the Matunga-based engineering institute. Currently, the site provides details on almost [...]

Anand Shah, the founder of Indicorps, along with the Ajay G. Piramal Foundation has established the  Piramal Prize whose goal is to encourage and support bold entrepreneurial ideas which have a profound impact on access to higher standards of health for India’s rural and marginalized urban communities. The award recognizes high-impact, scalable business models that [...]

From the Social-Impact website: Social-Impact is a new international professional development programme. Our goal is to accelerate growth and increase impact of social entrepreneurs’ projects and/or organizations. Social-Impact’s programme provides social entrepreneurs with: Mentoring Training Technical assistance consulting Networking opportunities and Access to financing Our comprehensive and customized technical and financial services will enable social [...]