The WRI Weekly Roundup

The Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship wrapped up on March 29th, and Good Capital’s Kevin Jones shares his reactions.
The BiD (Business in Development) challenge enters its 3rd year looking for the best small sustainable enterprises to provide with startup investment. Last year’s winner was Uganda’s African Skin, which manufactures products from indigenous, sustainably harvested tree bark.
The gap between remittances and financial services translates to a trillion dollar market at the BOP. Building on the Next 4 Billion, new maps and data illustrate the size of the opportunity.

Fortune. March 22 2007. Green is Good. No, it’s not just greenwash. Business in the U.S. really has become cleaner and greener. Environmentalists actually have embraced market-based solutions. And the politics are about to get very interesting.
SocialFunds.com. March 29, 2007. The World’s Poor: Huge Market or Just a Marketer’s Fantasy? New report from the International Finance Corporation and World Resources Institute measures the market-size of the Earth’s people who live in poverty.