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Can Technology End Poverty?

Harvard Business Review

Shameran Abed, who runs BRAC's microfinance program, explains what happened: "In the first couple months, a lot of our borrowers would send the money through their mobile phones and then physically show up at the branch to check with the accountant that the money had turned up.". Immerse yourself in the details.

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How One Startup Developed a Sales Model That Works in Emerging Markets

Harvard Business Review

We design and manufacture personal-scale energy appliances that enable our users to cook, charge, and light their lives off the grid. We serve two markets that are very different but united by the common need for reliable, safe access to energy: outdoor recreationalists and low-income households in emerging markets.

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How to Create Youth Jobs After Conflicts

Harvard Business Review

The challenge for the society is to tap into their energies and passions and remake them. Upon graduation, the governments, nonprofits, or (more recently) microfinance companies give them loans to buy tools and opens shops. From my discussions with many, I know they have seen the "pit of hell" and never want anything to do with it.

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Can Technology End Poverty?

Harvard Business Review

Shameran Abed, who runs BRAC's microfinance program, explains what happened: "In the first couple months, a lot of our borrowers would send the money through their mobile phones and then physically show up at the branch to check with the accountant that the money had turned up.". Immerse yourself in the details.