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July 24, 2012
Enhancing the impact of cash transfers
The poorest of the poor are not included in the microfinance industry. For them, even the smallest changes in their lives, like morbidity, or unexpected medical expenses can result into an irreversible push into the depths of poverty. It is in this case that cash transfers for social protection become […]
July 24, 2012
Microfinance Banana Skins 2012
This report by the CGAP ranks the risk perceptions of more than 350 practitioners and close observers of the microfinance sector in 79 countries. It states that the microfinance industry must change and adapt to rapid changes in markets to meet new pressures, particularly those relating to competition, governance, and […]
July 24, 2012
US based Echelon Corporation looking to scale in India
US-headquartered Echelon Corporation is an energy control networking company which offers energy control networking platform that supports multiple applications at the low voltage edge of the grid, such as smart metering, transformer monitoring, street light control, and demand response. It is widely used across the world, helping customers save up […]
July 24, 2012
Barefoot Power raises US$6 million for solar lighting for the poor
The Australian social entrepreneurial and solar lighting group Barefoot Power has announced it has doubled the number of people it has brought affordable lighting to across the. In 2011, it reached 1 million and it has now reached 2 million in 20 countries. The group has recently completed a $5.8 […]
July 24, 2012
Biogas cookstoves elevate life in rural Vietnam
Nordic development organization Norwegian Church Aid and Dutch development organization SNV are developing and promoting biogas systems in the Phong Binh, Vietnam region which has led to the villagers trading in their traditional wood burning stoves for energy-efficient models run on biogas. Read more here and here.
July 24, 2012
Afrigas ‘Easycook’ launched in Sierra Leone
Afrigas, a pioneer in Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) bottling in Sierra Leone has recently launched its ‘Easycook’ stovetop cylinder. This stove is easily available across Freetown at affordable prices, and is a clean alternative to coal and other traditional fuels. Read more here.
July 24, 2012
Solar cookstoves
Here is another alternative to the usual clean cookstoves that have been traditionally campaigned for by development agencies and social enterprises – one that runs on solar energy. The company called S.H.E. (Solar Household Energy Inc.) is a social enterprise dedicated to making solar cookers a viable option in the […]
July 24, 2012
Why clean cookstoves are a good investment
The developed world consumes much more energy than the developing world – the average annual per capita CO2 emissions of a Ugandan is 0.1 metric tonnes – 0.6 per cent of that of a US citizen’s 18 metric tonnes. However, that does not mean that attempting to reduce the emissions there […]
July 24, 2012
Vietnam: Vocational Training needs a push
Students in Vietnam prefer to repeat their exams in case they fail, and have not even considered taking a vocational training course that might teach them valuable skills. Out of 50 odd students, only 2 said that they might consider it as an option. This is hurting vocational training schools […]
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