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[Op-Ed]: Free mobile phones for the rural poor – let’s call it “Wireless Welfare”

By Santhosh Ramdoss | Published: June 24, 2009

The idea popped when I was reading this NY Times article on a federally funded program in the US where wireless carriers receive a subsidy to provide people under welfare with a mobile phone and 68 minutes of talk time…

Posted in ALL POSTS, Op-Ed | Also tagged Digital Divide, Government of India, ICT, mobile phone, Op-Ed, Rural Connectivity, social welfare | 6 Comments

Water Profits

By Shital Shah | Published: December 5, 2008

WaterHealth International, a private company and Acumen Fund investee, was covered in last week’s online BusinessWeek, which also includes a video featuring the founder, Tralance Addy (tipped from Acumen Fund’s blog). The company…

Posted in Primary | Also tagged Acumen Fund, Andhra Pradesh, Basic Rights, BusinessWeek, Byrraju Foundation, Entrepreneurship, featured, Health, Housing, profits, social entrepreneur, social entrepreneurs, Social Entrepreneurship, sustainability, Tralance Addy, WaterHealth International | 3 Comments

[TC-I Call-to-Action]: Monitor Inclusive Markets

By Prerna Srivastava | Published: November 15, 2008

Monitor Inclusive Markets is looking for a new Chief-of-Staff! More information follows:

Monitor Inclusive Markets a new practice within the India office that aims to establish Monitor as a thought leader, both in India and globally, within the realm of

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Posted in Jobs | Also tagged call to action, clean drinking, criteria, drinking water, Education, farmers, Government, Health, Housing, Innovation, Jobs, Livelihood, markets, Monitor, Monitor Inclusive Markets, primary schools, TC-I Call to Action, Urban India | Leave a comment

A dash of (A)cumen: The recipe behind Acumen Fund’s investment strategy

By Vinay Ganti | Published: October 29, 2008

Yesterday, Acumen Fund‘s Chief Investment Officer Brian Trelstad came to NYU to conduct a live case study on a real company that Acumen Fund invested in, in an effort to educate MBA and other students on…

Posted in Primary | Also tagged 1298, Acumen Fund, ambulances, BACO, Best Alternative Charitable Option, Brian Trelstad, characteristics, criteria, for profit, Health, healthcare, hurdle rate, leadership, Mumbai, NYU, partnerships, portfolio, profits, Renewable, Renewables, risks, SKS, Social Entrepreneurship, social venture, Social Venture Capital, social venture fund, workforce, YouTube, Ziqitza Healtchare Limitedm | 1 Comment

Ceding the floor to the other side, even if just for a moment

By Vinay Ganti | Published: August 15, 2008

The greater point is that not all products and services are the same, and in some cases creating sustainable markets may be all but impossible. Though it is certainly not “ideologically attractive,” I strongly believe Kremer and Miguel are correct

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Posted in Primary | Also tagged Criticisms, Economics, Government, Harvard, India Deve, India Development Blog, markets, NGO, public goods, Social Entrepreneurship, sustainability | Leave a comment

Examining Organic Farming in India

By Shital Shah | Published: August 7, 2008

In a series of articles on Slate.com, Mira Kamdar (of the World Policy Institute and author of ) discusses the challenges and outlook for organic farming in India based on her…

Posted in Primary | Also tagged Agriculture, AMD, Diabetes, economy, Employment, Environment, farmers, fertilizer, Food shortage, for profit, Government, Green Revolution, Health, Incentives, InSight, introduction, irrigation, Mira Kamdar, obesity, Opportunities, organic farming, PATH, Policy, public health, punjab, Rural, SKS, Slate.com, slum, slums, sustainability, World Policy Institute | Leave a comment

Reducing traffic congestion in Bangalore through Carpooling: Commonfloor.com

By Santhosh Ramdoss | Published: April 2, 2008

Everyone complains about the traffic in Bangalore these days. For that matter, its a chronic problem in every big Indian city. Most of us sit around and complain, and blame the city administration for inadequate planning, not enough roads, poor…

Posted in Primary | Also tagged Bangalore, carpoolilng site, carpooling, commonfloor.com, congestion, Energy, Environment, IIT, IIT Roorkee, IndiaPRwire, maxHeap, maxHeap technologies, networking, regulation, Social Entrepreneurship, social network, start-up, Technology, traffic | 5 Comments

Caged by the Public Sector

By Prerna Srivastava | Published: March 11, 2008

Over the past three years, the Indian economy has surged at an average rate of 9% per year, thereby bolstering India’s image as a formidable economic force on the global stage. However, in order to sustain both economic…

Posted in Primary | Also tagged administrative reform, AIDS, Basic Rights, Bengal, budget, bureaucracy, cancer, chidambaram, civil service, climate change, corruption, economic growth, Economist, economy, Education, finance minister, Governance, Government, Harvard, Health, Inclusive Growth, Indian government, irrigation, ITC, Kennedy School, Kerala, local governance, Manmohan Singh, panchayats, PATH, Public Sector, Rural, Singh, The Economist | Leave a comment

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