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Make change happen. Faster.

Find, share, and build development solutions

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NEXSO connects solution providers and solution seekers to build effective and innovative approaches to development challenges.

NEXSO was created by the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), a member of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group.

The MIF and the IDB have decades of development experience and unparalleled convening power with public and private institutions throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.

Now NEXSO makes it possible for all to participate in a cutting-edge approach to building solutions to development challenges.

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Promote with NEXSO

Promote with NEXSO

500 WORDS INNOVATION IN

Solution providers Tell the world about your solution. Connect with potential partners and funders. Identify gaps in the market. Compare your ideas with those of your peers. Refine and strengthen your concept.

Solution seekers Browse a unique collection of powerful development solutions. See what others in the field have tried and learned. Invest in emerging models.

Find the answers to your needs.

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NEXSO Solutions can be business models, methodologies, technologies, products, processes...

Concept Stage Solutions Promising but unproven ideas find peer advice, technical assistance, and funding opportunities through NEXSO

Market-Ready Solutions Solutions that have been tested, have evidence of results and impact, and are ready to be replicated elsewhere find partners and adopters through NEXSO.

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NEXSO Challenges

Solutions that Transform Latin America and the Caribbean.

NEXSO Challenges offer solutions providers the chance to compete to receive exclusive access to new opportunities—mentorship, funding, or other benefits—from sponsors.

Corporations, foundations, development finance institutions, and other funding organizations sponsor challenges in order to crowdsource new solutions for persistent development problems.

III Call for Proposals for Civil Society Organizations

STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES THROUGH INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS

NEXSO works with sponsors to develop Challenge themes, collect and screen applications, and select winners.

MICROFINANCE: FOSTERING INNOVATIVE IDEAS

All submitted solutions become part of the NEXSO community, and remain eligible to connect with other market opportunities.

Argentina 2014 Financed

by Japan

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Founded by experts, built by community The NEXSO marketplace is filled with solutions submitted by members themselves.

A solution’s visibility is determined by such factors as:

Innovation and replicability Ratings and feedback from other NEXSO members

Evidence of success or impact Participation and performance in NEXSO Challenges

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Join NEXSO NEXSO:

• Equips innovators with marketing tools.

NEXSO allows providers to promote their solutions quickly, easily, and effectively.

NEXSO offers unique opportunities to all players in the international development sphere.

• Democratizes access to funding. With NEXSO, solution providers can contact potential partners and investors directly.

• Strengthens concepts. Networking among peers, powerful mapping tools, and incubation support make NEXSO the ideal place to develop ideas and ready them for launch.

• Amplifies reach. NEXSO can raise the profile of an individual or organization region-wide— and beyond.

• Sparks creativity. NEXSO broadens horizons, facilitates cross-pollination, and opens the doors of possibility.

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Entrepreneurs, international development practitioners, public and private stakeholders, investors, and Challenge sponsors all work together to build and grow NEXSO.

www.nexso.org Make change happen. Faster. The tool you’ve needed is finally here.