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Menghan Li, ComeOnGirls, Win 2017 Fletcher D-Prize

May 1, 2017May 10, 2017 IBGC 0 Comment China, ComeOnGirls, D-Prize, Entrepreneurship, fintech, Fletcher D-Prize, girl's education, Menghan Li, Nicholas Fusso, poverty solutions, WeChat

Menghan Li (F18) first realized she wanted to fight poverty while she was working with rural children. These children had

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The team at @planetdgtl published a research report that shows how tech can promote growth in 6 African countries.

The graphic below shows the overall performance of each country's digital economy. Find out more here:
https://t.co/RT6CfNpz8r

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Fish consumption has grown 2x as much as the global population since the 60s. Fish provide around 3.2B people with 20% of their protein needs.

We are going to need to feed a population of 9.8B by 2050, and to do so, changes must be made to aqua-farming:

https://t.co/ZO5RrCbpFv

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4 Dec

Could #technology, specifically #mobile #digital #tech, help #Africa "leapfrog" ahead of other regions re: its #economic development?

#FletcherDean of Global Biz Bhaskar Chakravorti & @IBGC_Fletcher's @RSC_vedi explore this Q in a piece for @HarvardBiz. https://t.co/obfNihq5Yi

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4 Dec

Zoning restrictions tend to be set at the city level. It is often in the interest of city's homeowners to restrict #housing supply because it leads to value appreciation.

Professor Klein discusses how this effects housing costs with Professor Zabel

https://t.co/CzLYceRiph

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