Stories

How we made it in Africa’s Loraine Stander interviews Frank Braeken, Unilever’s executive Vice President for Africa on the company’s strategy to...

As part of the Business Call to Action (BCtA) – a global alliance of businesses, NGOs, governments, and multilateral organizations that encourages...

International telecom company Nokia recently launched Nokia Money across India. With only 10% of India’s 600K villages able to access formal financial...

A Times of India article discusses how Coca-Cola is investing $2 billion in India over the next five years, and how tailoring...

The new book, I Have a Dream by Rashmi Bansal, an Indian economics and management graduate, includes a number of case studies...

As the Indian microfinance industry goes through operational and regulatory change due to the crisis in Andhra Pradesh last year, a new...

The International Finance Corporation has recently partnered with Indian microfinance franchising company IntelleCash. The partnership will enable IntelleCash to provide services to...

Hyderabad-based Waterlife Private Ltd., which installs safe water systems in rural and urban areas, has received an investment of approximately $5 million...

The Wall Street Journal reports that given the microfinance crisis in India over the past year, the industry will likely eventually revive,...

The Guardian’s Poverty Matters blog has recently discussed the need to be more innovative in delivering essential information, products, and services to...

Management consultancy, McKinsey, has recently found that brand owners have much to gain if they pay close attention and tailor their products...

Reserve Bank of India regulation for the microfinance industry has prompted several microfinance institutions to reevaluate their strategies and either shut down...

A recent Times of India news article, details the benefits of non-profit organization, Industree Crafts Association, which helps connect low-income Indian artisans...

Recent news reported on CNBC describes how India’s fringe consumers will help propel the country’s next phase of growth. The article suggests...

With the medical device industry estimated to be worth $2.75 billion and expected to grow to $14 billion by 2020, an increasing...

A recent NextBillion blog applauds the Aziz Premji Foundation’s (AFP) initiative to launch 1,300 schools across India, but questions whether organizations should...

The Schwab Foundation has recently named Neelam Chhiber, Founder of Industree Crafts Foundation in India, as the ‘Indian Social Entrepreneurship of the...

A recent Business Standard article discusses the evolution of Indian microfinance institutions (MFI) SKS Microfinance, which had an initial public offering (IPO)...

In this opinion piece by Sukhpal Singh, he argues that India's changes to laws restricting foreign direct investment in the retail sector...

The Northeastern state of Tripura has invested in making homeopathy available to thousands of its residents by investing in ICT to deliver...

Long a scourge of land owners and those building homes and offices in India, the government is introducing legislation that will require...

International Finance Corporation (IFC) is planning on establishing the first mortgage guarantee corporation in India, in partnership with National Housing Bank (NHB),...

Responding to worker housing needs, many manufacturing companies across India are building low cost houding for blue collar workers to reduce labour...

In this guest post on ft.com, Rama Bijapurkar argues that despite the attention that the base of the pyramid has attracted over...

The IFC has agreed to guarantee loans for the microfinance organization SEWA, an organisation of poor, self-employed women workers, to purchase clean...

In an interview with the Economic Times of India, Lars H Thunell, Executive Vice President & CEO of the IFC, the private...

David Calhoun, CEO of information and measurement company, Nielsen Holdings discusses how international clients can “learn from the innovations of Indian marketers...