<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Ideas 4 Action]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://ifa2015.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Ideas]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://ifa2015.wordpress.com/author/ideasforaction2015/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Announcing the Winners of the Ideas for Action Competition&nbsp;2015]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><strong>First Place: Team Pennsurance</strong><br />
<a href="http://media.wix.com/ugd/bffa29_76c96591be8248daa401fcccc1d597dd.pdf" target="_blank">Creating New Microinsurance Products for Remittance Service Providers in India</a><br />
Members: Ezgi Aytac, Arjun Bhaskar, Keshav Garud, Matthew McPhail, James Zhou</p>
<p><strong>Second Place: Team Oxygen</strong><br />
<a href="http://media.wix.com/ugd/bffa29_b57b97a427a54cda95e3b9f94fd2cdad.pdf" target="_blank">Innovative PPP Model for Promoting Financial Deepening and Inclusion in the Rice Value Chain in Nigeria</a><br />
Members: Michael Adeola, Chioma Ukwuagu, Ogomegbunam Anagwu, Henry Ushie, Maureen Orji</p>
<p><strong>Third Place: Team Outcome</strong><br />
<a href="http://media.wix.com/ugd/bffa29_10d06da2aca14238b0202e7a6d83db1b.pdf" target="_blank">Decreasing poverty in the mining communities of the world through the empowerment of communities in the control of mining royalties: an application to the Peruvian case</a><br />
Members: Alberth Rolando Barreto Fortón, Diana Lucia Chaman Salas, María Eugenia Robles Mengoa, Alexander Matthew Spevack</p>
<p><strong>Runners up:</strong><br />
<strong> Team Impact. PH</strong><br />
<a href="http://media.wix.com/ugd/bffa29_6fff960f1142430fa64eb72ff3f9a80e.pdf" target="_blank">An initiative to enhance and transform the Philippine nonprofit sector</a><br />
Members: Carissa Feria and Joan Cybil Yao</p>
<p><strong>Team Backe &amp; DeGagne</strong><br />
<a href="http://media.wix.com/ugd/bffa29_5f2d3037ec334128a04b54625a907236.pdf" target="_blank">Development Impact Bonds: The Power of Participatory Development in Creating Sustainable Market Demand: A Case study of Open Fires and Inefficient Cookstoves</a><br />
Members: Lena Backe and Matthew DeGagne</p>
<p><strong>Team Rolling Stones</strong><br />
<a href="http://media.wix.com/ugd/bffa29_4592c618a5b74803b8f73af0f894d91a.docx?dn=Ideas%20for%20Action%20Competition_Rolling%20Stones_CF4D_Final%20Submission%20(1).docx" target="_blank">Introducing Internet-Based Funding Mechanisms for World Bank Operations</a><br />
Members: Joulan Abdul Khalek, Till Cordes, Zhenbo Hou, Tamara Zakharia</p>
<p><strong>Top Eighteen Finalists:<br />
Team Development Daredevils</strong><br />
Members: Aanchal Anand &amp; Colin Sollitt</p>
<p><strong>Team Synergy</strong><br />
Members: Abhimanyu Roy, Sanjula Bhaumik, Alok Kumar, Chinalee Garg, and Rajiv Krishna</p>
<p><strong>Team Shark Tank</strong><br />
Members: Caroline Gezon, Laura Baker, Kate McNabb, Josh Talbot, and Sania Salmon</p>
<p><strong>Team Politicuz</strong><br />
Members: Javier Rodriguez</p>
<p><strong>Team EcoExperiencias</strong><br />
Members: Brenda López Miramontes, Damián Chan K&#8217;in Miranda, Héctor Albores León, Héctor Sandoval Vargas</p>
<p><strong>Team Y&amp;R</strong><br />
Members: Yugank Goyal and Ranjan Ghosh</p>
<p><strong>Team Catalyst</strong><br />
Members: Arnav Siddhartha Kapur, Tom Rutter, William John Glennerster, Anand Sharma, and Henrik Sachs</p>
<p><strong>Team HealthLending</strong><br />
Members: Fuming Guo, Finlay Mungall, and Tingting Guo</p>
<p><strong>Team Bottom-Liners</strong><br />
Members: Leslie Ngwae Ngwa and Kingsley Nfor Monde</p>
<p><strong>Team Africa Prosperity</strong><br />
Members: Landry Signé and Matthieu Ostrander</p>
<p><strong>Team Migrants for Development</strong><br />
Members: Victoria Finn and Paul P. Maeser</p>
<p><strong>Team Foster Capital</strong><br />
Members: David Berdugo and Roma Poberejsky</p>
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