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[Review] The Rise Of The New East

YoungUpstarts

Spanning halfway round the globe – from Turkey to the United Arab Emirates to India, South East Asia and China – the book brings one on a fascinating tour of the complex business characteristics governing our neck of the woods. Let me highlight some of the book’s fascinating themes: Growth of Middle-Class Consumers.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

For our students, that can mean anyone from a Syrian refugee trying to make contact with his family back home, to a supply chain manager for a major apparel brand who wants to make sure his contract factory in Bangladesh doesn’t use forced labor. government, they must have state-of-the-art data scientists on this problem or that problem.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

For our students, that can mean anyone from a Syrian refugee trying to make contact with his family back home, to a supply chain manager for a major apparel brand who wants to make sure his contract factory in Bangladesh doesn’t use forced labor. government, they must have state-of-the-art data scientists on this problem or that problem.

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A Newbie’s Guide To Microfinancing

YoungUpstarts

Mohammad Yunus who, back in the 1970s, began lending to impoverished women in Jobra, Bangladesh, while teaching economics at Chittagong University. Dr. Yunus believes credit is a human right , just like food and shelter, and that credit can provide such basic human needs more easily than any government or charity.

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10 Amazing Microfinance Success Stories

YoungUpstarts

The benefits of microfinance have been debated since the ’70s when the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh began making tiny loans to impoverished small business owners. In two years she has hired eight full-time employees, secured lucrative government contracts, and is able to support seven households besides her own in Amman.

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Nonprofit CEO Providing PPEs For Essential Workers

Hearpreneur

In our livelihoods work, we create initiatives that enhance earning potential for workers, micro-entrepreneurs, artisans, and farmers by collaborating with employers, worker collectives, and government agencies. We have 1 randomized control trial (RCT) that proves this, and another coming out soon. in economic impact.

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Nonprofit CEO Providing PPEs For Essential Workers

Hearpreneur

In our livelihoods work, we create initiatives that enhance earning potential for workers, micro-entrepreneurs, artisans, and farmers by collaborating with employers, worker collectives, and government agencies. We have 1 randomized control trial (RCT) that proves this, and another coming out soon. in economic impact.

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