Development Marketplace : A Sillicon Valley for Development

In 1999, as news of protesters being subdued with pepper spray in Seattle at the WTO Ministerial Conference came drifting in, we sat explaining our plans for the World Bank's first Development Marketplace to a senior member of the International Finance Corporation's innovation team.

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Main Author: Kuraishi, Mari
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6065
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spelling okr-10986-60652021-04-23T14:02:24Z Development Marketplace : A Sillicon Valley for Development Kuraishi, Mari business plan cell phones cultural norms digital divide idea ideas innovation innovations institution invention lender of last resort mobile device networks result Silicon social networks structural adjustment user users web In 1999, as news of protesters being subdued with pepper spray in Seattle at the WTO Ministerial Conference came drifting in, we sat explaining our plans for the World Bank's first Development Marketplace to a senior member of the International Finance Corporation's innovation team. 2012-05-16T16:06:05Z 2012-05-16T16:06:05Z 2010-07 Journal Article Development Outreach http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6065 Development Outreach CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Journal Article Africa Latin America & Caribbean South Africa Russian Federation Turkmenistan Uganda
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innovations
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invention
lender of last resort
mobile device
networks
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Silicon
social networks
structural adjustment
user
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spellingShingle business plan
cell phones
cultural norms
digital divide
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ideas
innovation
innovations
institution
invention
lender of last resort
mobile device
networks
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Silicon
social networks
structural adjustment
user
users
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Kuraishi, Mari
Development Marketplace : A Sillicon Valley for Development
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Latin America & Caribbean
South Africa
Russian Federation
Turkmenistan
Uganda
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description In 1999, as news of protesters being subdued with pepper spray in Seattle at the WTO Ministerial Conference came drifting in, we sat explaining our plans for the World Bank's first Development Marketplace to a senior member of the International Finance Corporation's innovation team.
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author Kuraishi, Mari
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title Development Marketplace : A Sillicon Valley for Development
title_short Development Marketplace : A Sillicon Valley for Development
title_full Development Marketplace : A Sillicon Valley for Development
title_fullStr Development Marketplace : A Sillicon Valley for Development
title_full_unstemmed Development Marketplace : A Sillicon Valley for Development
title_sort development marketplace : a sillicon valley for development
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