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Welcome to the new Expert Blog Series! We have gathered some of the industry's brightest minds to discuss challenges and seek innovation around APS education quality, policy and impact investing. We hope you enjoy the discussions and invite you share your thoughts, comments or suggestions on topics of interest.

The Time is Now

Jun 07, 2010
In the evolution of a sector - from nascent to mainstream, and all that is in between - there are moments that stand out, moments that signal “arrival,” in a sense. And I can’t help but think that the Affordable Private School sec
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The Biggest Stakeholder of All - The Students

Jun 10, 2010
The sector of “Affordable Private Schools” (APS)—independent schools in low-income areas that can cost as little as $2/month—has the opportunity to transform education for low-income children worldwide.  The sector is g
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The “Affordable Private School” Market is Too Big to Ignore

Jun 17, 2010
“India is a land of diversity -- of different castes, peoples, communities, languages, religions, and culture. Although these people enjoy complete political freedom, a vast part of the multitude is illiterate and lives below the poverty l
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Affordable Private Schools: A Market in Themselves

Jun 23, 2010
In Pakistan, for every 4 primary schools, there is one middle school, for every 10 primary schools, there is only one secondary school. Affordable Private Schools are a response to fill this gap.
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Getting APS on the Map

Jun 30, 2010
How do we get the APS sector on the map, on the national consciousness, on the national policy agenda? Sometimes we just need a change of government. 
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Frugal Innovation in Education

Jul 05, 2010
Emerging markets are home to innovation in a variety of sectors. They are also home to innovative names for innovation such as frugal innovation and reverse innovation. Frugal innovation is innovation to meet the specific needs of the population at
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The Market for English Communication Programs

Jul 12, 2010
At a public policy seminar recently, we sent out students for a field trip to a village nearby. The idea was to know the state of the local health facilities. Most people chose the private counterpart because of the high responsiveness. The apathy
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Ecosystem Development: What is the Need of the Hour?

Sep 06, 2010
So we’ve heard about the challenges in finding entrepreneurs in my previous post. The challenges are around accessing a disaggregated market, the existence of other alternatives and the lack of opportunities to pilot. On top of this, there is
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From Charity to Mission Investing: The new era of Philanthropy

Nov 23, 2010
I’m so excited.  Earlier this week I received an email from the More for Mission Campaign stating that they had reached 87 foundations representing over US$31 billion in total assets. The More for Mission Campaign is
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All this Talk about Transparency–Where’s the Action?

Mar 28, 2011
The 2010 SoCap Conference focused on seed investing, metrics, and transparency, transparency, transparency. And, as expected, many of these discussions focused on the tradeoff between financial and social, and the need to measure impact.
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