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There has been a lot of buzz about new models of foreign aid and the role of social entrepreneurs since our post on President Obama and the NextBillion.net Agenda for the Base of the Pyramid. Guest blogger Apoorva Shah also shared some ... Jenara Nerenberg's timely post on President Obama and the NextBillion.net agenda reminded readers that the new administration will make substantial changes in America's foreign assistance policies. Obama and his colleagues in Congress, ... There's not much in the way of new data, nor is there much as far as new analysis (if you've been following NextBillion.net at all, most of the points in here are old hat.) Still, for a report to come out at the World Economic Forum ... Not much has been written here on NextBillion.net about the election of Barack Obama to the American Presidency, as our news scope centers on base of the pyramid approaches to development in developing countries. ... Here at NextBillion.net, we believe in the power of small and medium sized enterprises to spur economic development at the bottom of the pyramid. This idea - one of the core principles of the "development through enterprise" movement ... If I had to point a newbie in the field of social entrepreneurship to just one blog, I would point them to NextBillion.net (in fact, that's precisely what I did earlier this week). I strongly recommend the site to readers interested in ... Conceptually, it shares the spirit and intention of this site NextBillion.net, although focusing on the specific challenges of Latin America. Visually, you can consider this new blog a modest preview of what the "new NextBillion.net" ... At NextBillion.net, we follow the various universities leading innovation in base of the pyramid strategy and research. It gets better when this research leads to actionable, practical solutions for development. ...