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2008 iBoP Grantees

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2009 iBoP Small Grant Competition

The 2009 Call for Proposals is now closed.

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iBoP Online Forum: Innovations for Climate Change Adaptation

iBoP Asia, in collaboration with the Philippine Office of Christian Aid and the Manila Observatory, is conducting an online forum that aims to discuss the role that science, innovation and ...

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iBoP Asia to host discussion with Next 4 Billion author

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iBoP Asia to host discussion with Next 4 Billion author PDF Print E-mail
Mary Grace P. Santos   
Thursday, 02 July 2009
Image iBoP Asia, in partnership with United Laboratories, Inc. and Fundacion CODESPA, is organizing a discussion on essential pro-poor business approaches and the constraints facing organizations and ventures engaged in low-income markets. Leading the activity is Mr. William J. Kramer, principal author of Next 4 Billion and president of the Global Challenge Network.
 
People-centered ICTs PDF Print E-mail
From SciDev.net, published May 28, 2009   
Tuesday, 09 June 2009
Image This policy brief by the International Institute of Economic Development demonstrates the importance of keeping ICTs people-centered in order to ensure their sustainability and effectiveness as development tools.
 
Cooperation on clean technology transfer PDF Print E-mail
From SciDev.net, published June 3, 2009   
Tuesday, 09 June 2009
Image Dalindyebo Shabalala of the Center for International Environmental Law asserts that genuine cooperative technology transfer is needed for developing countries to have access to clean technologies.
 
Community participation needed in nanotech water projects PDF Print E-mail
From SciDev.net, published May 6, 2009   
Tuesday, 19 May 2009
Image Nanotechnology is being hailed as a key to addressing the water problems of poor communities. However, community understanding, acceptance and ownership of this new technology are needed for it to work.
 
IP strategies for climate change adaptation PDF Print E-mail
From SciDev.net, published April 24. 2009   
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
Image More than 400 indigenous people gathered in a global summit to share their own strategies to adapt to climate change.
 
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Potentials of sugar palm
Contributed by Sejahtera Semesta Rakyat (SETARA) Foundation / NTFP Indonesia
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
Are sugar palm (aren) trees important to our lives? All parts of aren trees (Arenga pinnata or Arenga saccaharifera) can be used - from the root, stem, leaf, fruit, fiber and its sugar water (nira). Some people in Indonesia have even depended their daily subsistence on the cultivation, processing and use of aren.
 
Eco-Charcoal: An alternative fuel option
Contributed by by Ecological and Agricultural Development Foundation, Inc.
Tuesday, 09 June 2009
Charcoal is the primary fuel used in most upland areas, not only in the Philippines but also in other countries. Charcoal production is one of the major sources of income of the upland communities who are dependent on forest resources. However, this practice has become a cause of forest degradation.
 
A Nipah Story
Contributed by Sejahtera Semesta Rakyat (SETARA) Foundation / NTFP Indonesia
Monday, 18 May 2009
Ms. Retno P. Soejoto of the Setara Foundation/NTFP Indonesia writes about their fieldwork experience in the village of Kumai Hulu in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Setara Foundation/NTFP Indonesia is currently doing an iBoP project that aims to discover the potential of nipah and aren as plant sources of bio-ethanol.
 
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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.