News, articles, and media releases

As of 28 March 2013
Callan, Blak, and Thomas on China's Foreign Aid and Investment
Dalberg's CFR blog re-posted on Devex (28 March 2013)
Kennedy Names Top Providers in Burgeoning Sub-Saharan Africa Consulting Space
Kennedy Consulting report on top firms includes Dalberg (28 March 2013)
Emerging Voices: Callan, Blak, and Thomas on China's Foreign Aid and Investment
Dalberg's Jasmin Blak, Paul Callan, and Andria Thomas break down China's "aid" numbers (26 March 2013)
India Cookstoves and Fuels Market Assessment
The "India Cookstoves and Fuels Market Assessment" conducted by Dalberg Global Development Advisors on behalf of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves highlighted (26 March 2013)
Expanding Hybrid and Electric Bus Adoption in Latin America
Post on Dalberg's work to expand hybrid and electric bus adoption on Latin America policy journal site (25 March 2013)
Nigerian entrepreneurs shatter records
Dalberg's participation in Nigeria 50 Awards cited (23 March 2013)
How does innovation meet scale?
Dalberg work on Malaria bond in Mozambique called an "incredible effort" by former Acumen fund/current UN staffer (23 March 2013)
The Internet's Ongoing Gender Gap
Isobel Coleman analyzes Women in the Web findings in great detail (22 March 2013)
Nigeria 50 Awards & Summit
Executive Chairman Henrik Skovby spoke to fast-growth entrepreneurship award winners (21 March 2013)
Nigerian entrepreneurs shatter growth records of countries in Asia, Africa, and Middle East
Dalberg participation in the inaugural Nigeria50 Awards ceremony and summit mentioned (21 March 2013)
What NGOs Can Learn from Business
Advisory Board member Shashi Buluswar's talk summarized (20 March 2013)
There aren't nearly enough women on the Internet
Women and the Web mentioned in article about the United Nations Broadband Commission for Digital Development new goal of ensuring that women around the world have equal access to the Web by 2020 (18 March 2013)
Next Thought Monday: An Unlikely Development Ally
Shanti Mahajan's blog post on low-power television on Next Billion (18 March 2013)
Mobile Money in the EBRD region
Matt Shakhovskoy presented at London conference held by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on "Mobile Finance 2.0 . the Future in Mobile Banking." (14 March 2013)
The Disadvantages of Franchising . Franchisor's Perspective
Dalberg's report on franchising cited (14 March 2013)
World Economic Forum Lists 21 Africans Amongst Young Global Leaders 2013
James Mwangi profiled with other World Economic Forum African YGLs (13 March 2013)
International Women's Day Forum: How Women's Economic Empowerment Strengthens Business
Yana Watson Kakar's panel featured in write-up of International Women's Day Forum held at the Ford Foundation (11 March 2013)
CFR: A Conversation with Ginny Rometty
Partner Jonathan Berman cited in event transcript (11 March 2013)
New report finds that AMCs are promising solutions to global health challenges
Pneumococcal AMC evaluation by Dalberg Global Development Advisors explained (8 March 2013)
Virgin Unite Connect Trip to South Africa with Sir Richard Branson
Virgin Unite trip participants mention dinner with James Mwangi (8 March 2013)
Women and the Web
Women and the Web report summarized and catalogued (8 March 2013)
Good Read of the Week: Women and the Web
Women and the Web selected as notable read (8 March 2013)
Two Ways to get Farm Loans Where They're Needed Most: The Boonies
The author cites Dalberg's smallholder agriculture finance report, then does a deep dive into the study's five growth plans, particularly the two that focus on local staples (4 March 2013)
Wildlife Crimes.Excess of 20 billion and a Threat to Global Security
Discussion of findings in Dalberg/WWF report (1 March 2013)
Le marché des espèces sauvages menacées de plus en plus lucratif
Dalberg/WWF report on illegal wildlife trafficking cited (1 March 2013)
Can Diplomacy Benefit Business?
Executive Chairman Henrik Skovby spoke to fast-growth entrepreneurship award winners (March 2013)
The Key to Unlocking Africa's Multi-Billion Dollar Agriculture Industry
Dalberg analysis cited in discussion of SME-focused funds in Africa (25 February 2013)
Entrepreneurship, South African Style
Dalberg's report on African SMEs cited (22 February 2013)
Social Media Week Panel Agrees: More Women Need More Access
Angela Rastegar/Dalberg's appearance on Panel as well as Women and the Web report cited in coverage of social media week women/tech panel (21 February 2013)
Small Farmers, Big Opportunities
Author "strongly recommends" Dalberg's report "to find out how aid and grant donors, investors, technical assistance providers, and multinational corporations can work together to engineer financing to make our global food supply chains more inclusive and improve the lives of farmers." (19 February 2013)
Five Must-Reads for Companies Seeking Public-Private Partnership Opportunities
Partnership Fundamentals: 10-Step Guide for Creating Effective UN-Business Partnerships, a guide published in September 2011 by the UN Global Compact with Unilever and Dalberg, included on the list (12 February 2013)
Ibrahim Yusuf: Nigeria: The Role of Nexim Bank in Jonathan's Transformation Agenda
Dalberg report The Growing Role of the Development Finance Institutions in International Development Policy cited (12 February 2013)
Farmer Co-operatives Key to Wealth Creation
An article paraphrasing the Catalyzing Smallholder Agricultural Finance report (9 February 2013)
Farmer Co-operatives Key to Wealth Creation
An article paraphrasing the Catalyzing Smallholder Agricultural Finance report (8 February 2013)
The ABCs of Franchising
A Dalberg statement was cited in an article about international expansion via the franchise model (7 February 2013)
Measuring socio-economic impact . A WBCSD guide for business
Dalberg (Serena Guarnaschelli, Mara De Monte, Tamara Pironnet) contributed to the initial survey of measurement tools and Beth Jenkins to the development of the published guide for businesses (6 February 2013)
And the Most Influential Post of 2012 is.Drumroll Please
Dan Zook's "The $450 Billion Opportunity: Catalyzing Smallholder Agricultural Finance" was voted NextBillion's second most influential post of 2012. Board member Prashant Yadav took the top spot with "Coke Is Everywhere: Why Aren't Medicines?"(31 January 2013)
Governments Reluctant to Tackle Wildlife Trafficking, Says WWF
The Epoch Times references Dalberg's recent report with the WWF on illicit wildlife trafficking (24 January 2013)
Women in Egypt and India are Afraid to Use the Internet
Dalberg's new Women and the Web report with Intel, released 10 January 2013 featured (15 January 2013)
One-fifth of Women in Developing Countries Think Internet Usage is Inappropriate for Them
Women and the Web report in Fast Company (15 January 2013)
Companies examine ICT role in Vision 2020
Project Manager Robin Miller (Johannesburg) discusses how ICT can create jobs and drive growth in Nigeria's agriculture and energy sectors (15 January 2013)
VOTE: Help Us Pick the Most Influential Post of 2012
"The $450 Billion Opportunity: Catalyzing Smallholder Agricultural Finance" by Project Manager Dan Zook (New York), nominated as one of NextBillion's influential posts of 2012 (12 January 2013)
The Internet is Still a Man's World in Developing Countries
Women and the Web report in Wired Magazine (11 January 2013)
The Developing World Needs More Female Internet Users
report with Intel in Slate (10 January 2013)
Women in India, other developing countries lag in Internet use - Intel report
Yahoo News copy of Reuters story on the Women and the Web launch (10 January 2013)
The Developing World Needs More Female Internet Users
Dalberg and Intel's new report outlines why, and how, we should work to attract more women to the Internet (10 January 2013)
What We Want: A Pledge
Project Manager Antara Ganguli, New York, reflects on the recent gang rape in Delhi and calls for a pledge to stop gender-based violence (8 January 2013)
Poachers prevail in horn war
Dalberg's research for the World Wildlife Fund report on illegal wildlife trafficking highlights the rapid growth of the industry (8 January 2013)
Coca-Cola Bottlers in CEO Search after Kenyan Merger
Coca-Cola Bottlers in CEO Search after Kenyan Merger (6 January 2013)
The Role of Senegal's Government in Catalyzing Impact Investing
Senegal's government is leading the way to create a friendly policy environment for impact investors. By Afua Sarkodie-Kupka (17 December 2012)
Catch .em young: Why Early Childhood Development Matters
Ciku Kimeria and Afua Sarkodie-Kupka discuss how investments in young children are good for everyone (15 December 2012)
Dalberg hiring changemakers at Xaviers
A Xavier student in Mumbai profiles Dalberg for fellow recruits (15 December 2012)
Fighting Illicit Wildlife Trafficking: A Consultation with Governments
Dalberg's new report with WWF looks at how governments are responding to the rapidly growing illegal wildlife trade (13 December 2012)
Globus: Asia's growth and Megacities
Henrik Skovby discusses Asia's growing power with a panel of global development experts (12 December 2012)
Catalyzing Smallholder Agricultural Finance
Tom Carroll, Andrew Stern, and Dan Zook discuss findings from our recent Smallholder Ag report on behalf of the Skoll World Forum. Also available on the Skoll World Forum website (10 December 2012)
Spotlight on Poverty Debate
Henrik Skovby participated in a debate on poverty and inequality around the world organized by BBC and Danish television (December 2012)
American CEOs should stop complaining about uncertainty
Partner Jonathan Berman says American CEOs can learn from business leaders in frontier markets about finding opportunity in times of uncertainty (28 November 2012)
Government seed grants encourage innovation on global health problems
Dalberg Partner Wouter Deelder weighs in on applying the venture-capital model to global health and development projects (23 November 2012)
The Big Small Business Show
James Mwangi and John Coulter (head of JP Morgan Africa) were on Success TV in South Africa yesterday to discuss our SME Catalyst for Growth Report (5 November 2012)
Animated content and technology . how can they help a community health worker?
A blogger on iHeed Crowd has created an infographic based on research in Dalberg's Preparing the Next Generation of Community Health Workers: The Power of Technology for Training report (2 November 2012)
USAID's New Youth Policy is Timely and Urgent: Here's Why
USAID's YouthMap project with the International Youth Foundation (supported by Dalberg) is mentioned in an article on the value of youth-focused policies in developing countries (2 November 2012)
International community commits more than $2 billion to accelerate Burundi's development progress
This week's Burundi Donor Conference in Geneva, with Dalberg involvement, exceeded its $1.1 billion fundraising goal (30 October 2012)
ISESE Skills for Employability: The Informal Economy
Dalberg's employability study, featured in a prior posting on D. Blog, is one of 12 background studies included in two synthesis papers for the Innovative Secondary Education for Skills Enhancement project released in October (30 October 2012)
The Mining Industry's Isolation Myth
Partner Jonathan Berman comments on recent mining tragedies in Guinea and South Africa (19 October 2012)
Five Things NGOs Should Do Differently
Advisory Board Member Shashi Buluswar writes about how the rush to act more like private sector companies might be distracting NGOs from what they really need to do (19 October 2012)
Strengthening Burundi through Partnership and Good Governance
D. Blog's entry on the upcoming donor conference in Burundi was re-run last week on Africa.com (18 October 2012)
Aligning Strategy to Maximize Impact: Reflections from Columbia's Social Enterprise Conference 2012
Aligning Strategy to Maximize Impact: Reflections from Columbia's Social Enterprise Conference 2012 (11 October 2012)
Catalyzing Smallholder Agricultural Finance
Business Fights Poverty featured last week's D. Blog, "Catalyzing Smallholder Agricultural Finance," by Project Leader Dan Zook (30 September 2012)
Report: Catalyzing Smallholder Agricultural Finance
Dalberg report with Citi and Skoll Foundations provides guidance for investors on addressing the demand for smallholder agricultural finance (26 September 2012)
Our new report on Agricultural Finance Released Today
The Skoll Foundation issued a press release for Catalyzing Smallholder Agricultural Finance," which they co-sponsored with the Citi Foundation (26 September 2012)
Catalyzing Smallholder Agricultural Finance
CGAP's Microfinance Gateway now features Dalberg's most recent report on meeting demand for smallholder agricultural finance (September 2012)
Rethink your assumptions about opportunity in Africa
Jonathan Berman on the HBR Blog Network (14 September 2012)
Emerging Voices: Oshry, Bradlow, Miller and Hansen on Technology for Agriculture in Africa
Nadia Oshry, Adam Bradlow, Robin Miller and Angela Hansen on the CFR Development Channel (7 August 2012)
Profiles of Romania's Smart Generation
Sebastian Burduja in Q Magazine (17 June 2012)
The New Global Health Agenda: Universal Health Coverage
Oren Ahoobim, Daniel Altman, and Vicky Hausman with Laurie Garrett and Yanzhong Huang of the Council on Foreign Relations (19 April 2012)
What do international remittances mean for Mobile Money?
Andria Thomas on CGAP (21 March 2012)
Mobile Money in Haiti: Realizing the promise of a complex new industry
Vicky Hausman, Yana Watson, Matt Shakhovskoy, and Lorenzo Bernasconi on GSMA (17 January 2012)
Mobile Money to Deliver Cash Aid: Believe the Hype?
Vicky Hausman, Yana Watson, Matt Shakhovskoy, and Lorenzo Bernasconi on Stanford Social Innovation Review (13 January 2012)
Top 40 Under 40 Men
Edwin Macharia named in Business Daily (16 December 2011)
Global Fund: Reform needed to regain credibility
Daniella Ballou-Aares and Vicky Hausman in the Financial Times (30 November 2011)
Creating a structure for land investment to help the poor
Angela Hansen and Adam Bradlow in Business Day (9 November 2011)
The Elusive Power of mHealth
Vicky Hausman with Amanda Glassman of the Center for Global Development (4 October 2011)
An Opportunity to Bolster Development Through Tax Collection
Daniel Altman with James Slezak on Stanford Social Innovation Review (12 September 2011)
Innovations in mobile telephony
Vicky Hausman cited in the Financial Express (1 September 2011)
Mobile phones to speed up healthcare delivery in East Africa
Dalberg cited in the East African (10 July 2011)
Explaining the Long-Term Single Bottom Line
Daniel Altman and Jonathan Berman on Stanford Social Innovation Review (24 June 2011)
To Be Good Citizens, Report Says, Companies Should Just Focus on Bottom Line
Daniel Altman and Jonathan Berman interviewed and cited in the New York Times (15 June 2011)
A Way Forward for the Global Fund
Daniella Ballou-Aares on HealthAffairs (1 June 2011)
Why urbanisation in Africa can be good news, after all
Ciku Kimeria in the East African (30 May 2011)
Development of Indigenous Capital in Africa
James Mwangi on ABN/CNBC Africa (25 May 2011)
How to jump-start an Arab economic miracle
Daniel Altman in the Financial Times (13 April 2011)
Leading the Next Wave of Corporate BoP Engagement
Paul Callan interviewed on NextBillion (18 March 2011)
Mobile Money in Haiti: A New Support for Disaster Relief and Development
Matt Daggett on Stanford Social Innovation Review (9 March 2011)
For Pepsi, a Business Decision With Social Benefit
Gaurav Gupta quoted in The New York Times (21 February 2011)
In Search of Innovation: Prize Incentives for International Development
Vicky Hausman interviewed on NextBillion (2 February 2011)
Harvesting Promise
Angela Hansen and Nadia Oshry in Africa Investor (Jan-Feb 2011)
The Times of India and Daily News cite Dalberg gender assessment (18 December 2010)
M-powered: The convergence of mobile telephony and health care is under way
Vicky Hausman quoted in The Economist (11 November 2010)
"40 Under 40"
Edwin Macharia receives Achievement Award (press release) (25 October 2010)
"40 Under 40" Most Influential International Development Leaders in 2010
Featuring Andrew Stern, DevEx (29 September 2010)
Kenyan Young Turk scores another first in global consulting
Daily Nation profile featuring James Mwangi (17 September 2010)
Ideas Economy: Human Potential
Presentation by Paul Callan for the Economist (16 September 2010)
Press Release:
Dalberg elects new Global Managing Partner and marks the first decade helping to raise living standards in the developing world (13 September 2010)