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Guest Post: An Entrepreneur's Thoughts on Market Incentives & Foreign Aid

Mills Scofield

Thoughts on Charity, Foreign Aid and Market Incentives - Tanzania. Among this group has been a founder of a wildlife foundation, a married Wall Street duo, a management consultant, his digital artist wife, and an urban planner. But what if the participants donated the money they had spent on their airfare to the hospitals?

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Making Microfinance More Effective

Harvard Business Review

While meeting this challenge is a clear priority for policy makers and donors, it is also a major profit opportunity for commercial players who can solve market failures and create real value. Micro-insurance is not at scale anywhere except when heavily subsidized by government, a market we hope technology may change in the future.

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How Large NGOs Are Using Data to Transform Themselves

Harvard Business Review

” So the Seilers responded by piloting a program called the Pathway of Hope, which focuses on providing case management for families. Participating families show strong early signs of progress: Those completing multiple assessments have seen increases of 24% in parental income, 50% in hope, and 75% in stability.

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Transforming Rural India Through Agricultural Innovation

Harvard Business Review

Addressing the agriculture value chain—soil testing, facilitation of inputs and credit, market linkage, and field advisory services—is part and parcel of agriculture development initiatives. Watershed and natural resource management initiatives have resulted in increase in water table ranging from 3.5

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3 Things Driving Entrepreneurial Growth in Africa

Harvard Business Review

An unfortunate reality of many African economies is that only a tiny fraction of the population participates in the formal economy. A few of these companies manage to transcend national boundaries and scale to a larger size. It has managed to combine international standards with African tastes. Top of the Pyramid.