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News coverage of the regional BoP initiative.

iBoP Asia's iTalk

Bridging the gap between the academe and real world innovators.

2009 iBoP Grantees

List of the new batch of grantees under the iBoP Small Grants Program 

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iBoP Asia to hold Innovations Forum in Jakarta

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Nurturing the BoP: A PBSP Casebook

iBoP Asia proudly releases this casebook that was prepared and published by the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP).

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Paving the way for S&T innovation for the poor PDF Print E-mail
From DRN.go.id, published March 10, 2010   
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
ImageMs. Tiktik Dewi Sartika, our Network Fellow in Indonesia, reports on the innovations forum that was hosted by iBoP Asia and the Dewan Riset Nasional last March 3 in Jakarta.
 
Ways forward after Copenhagen PDF Print E-mail
From FIELD.org.uk   
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Image Dr. Antonio La Viña, who led the REDD-plus negotiations in Copenhagen, shares some personal reflections on how to move forward after Copenhagen.
 
Innovations in microfinance technology for the BoP PDF Print E-mail
Mary Grace P. Santos   
Monday, 15 February 2010
Image iBoP Asia, together with the Ateneo Innovation Center and the Enviromental Science Department of the Ateneo de Manila University, is sponsoring a talk that will focus on the Philippine microfinance industry and the efforts made to bring greater efficiencies and scale in microfinance operations to reach deeper into the bottom of the socio-economic pyramid.
 
Indonesia: iBoP Asia cited as an example of a 'pro-poor sci-tech research program' PDF Print E-mail
From DRN.go.id, published February 2010   
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Image iBoP Asia is building partnerships not only with researchers and innovators but also with key agencies in government, the private sector and civil society. The Project has been recently cited as a “positive and inspiring” example of a pro-poor S&T research program by the Dewan Riset Nasional.
 
Vietnam: Ministry of Science calls for greater investment in S&T PDF Print E-mail
From VietNamNet   
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Image Despite significant achievements in S&T development in recent years, the Ministry of Science and Technology points out the need for greater investment in S&T and increased cooperation between scientists and enterprises.
 
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The Hapinoy Healthcare Hub
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Tuesday, 23 February 2010
The word 'Hapinoy' is a play on the words Happy and Pinoy, the colloquial word for Filipino. This play of words speaks of the enterprise’s vision to spur prosperity and happiness to Filipinos across the Philippines.
 
The BoP in the R&D and trade of agricultural products
Contributed by Philippine Rice Research Institute
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Following the supply chain management capacity building that the PhilRice project team had in January (under supply chain management experts Leon van Os and Els van der Lelij of Involvation BV, the Netherlands), the question we had in mind concerns how science and technology institutions can re-direct its strategy to one that is responsive and supportive to the growth of a commodity or a subsector.  Since the Philippine Rice Research Institute is a science and technology institution, how...
 
Nipah Development Planning in Kotawaringin Barat, Pangkalan Bun
Contributed by Sejahtera Semesta Rakyat (SETARA) Foundation / NTFP Indonesia
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Piece written by Retno P. Soejoto of Setara Foundation It was still dark, at 3:00 o'clock morning, at the end of the month of May 2009 when we (Wisnu, our director, and I) departed to the bus pool of Damri that would take us to the Soekarno-Hatta Airport. Today we were going back to visit the city of Pangkalan Bun in Central Kalimantan to prepare a workshop to discuss the role of each party in the development of Nipah in Kumai.
 
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The Base of the Pyramid

The BoP is a socio-economic designation for the roughly 4 billion individuals who live below $4 per day, living mostly in rural villages and urban slums in developing countries.

Public Value of S&T Innovation

Contrary to popular assumptions, there is the emerging idea of a BOP-centric approach that can tap the market potential of those at the bottom of the pyramid.

About the Project

The project aims to foster innovations that can effectively address the developmental needs of the economically marginalized sector in the region.