To start, I want to say that my mind has been racing despite sleep deprivation and jet lag since I touched down in Mumbai at 0135 IST this morning. This is the first I have set foot in India since…
So living in New York City has made it damn near impossible to not be wrapped up in the minute by minute saga that is the US financial crisis. Moreover, the fact that here at Stern Business School, over 50%…
The greater point is that not all products and services are the same, and in some cases creating sustainable markets may be all but impossible. Though it is certainly not “ideologically attractive,” I strongly believe Kremer and Miguel are correct…
The Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) at Columbia University has developed The Global Poverty Mapping Project whose goal is to
enhance current understanding of the global distribution of poverty and the geographic and biophysical conditions of where the poor…
In response to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) call for financial inclusion - defined here as the ”delivery of banking services at an affordable cost to sections of disadvantaged and low-income groups” - several banks launched “no frills” bank accounts, or “nil…
Brought to our attention by Tim Fox at the India Development Blog, Al Gore has recently launched The Climate Project-India. Fox actually noted in his recent blog post that he has been selected as one of the workshop participants. The website…
