IFC-FT Essay Competition

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Second Annual IFC/FT Essay Competition. The competition was keenly contested with some 750 submissions from 90 countries.

Gold prize winner: "Corporate Strategy and Market Creation in Context of Deep Poverty" by Christian Seelos and Johanna Mair

Silver prize winners:

• "A New Paradigm for Increased Access to Healthcare in Africa" by Onno Schellekens, Marianne Lindner, Joep Lange and Jacques van der Gaag
• "Solution for Hedging Foreign Exchange Risk in Microfinance Investment: The Case for a Private Sector-Philantrophic Community Partnership" by Pamela Young, Emma Aller and Scott Richards

• "Mystery of Tradition: Why Tradition and Capital May Work Well in Africa and not in the West" by Zlatina Loudjeva
• "Sustainable Development in the Mining and Minerals Sector: The Case for Partnership at Local, National and Global Levels" by Kathryn McPhail
• "All Modes Lead to Home: Assessing the State of the Remittance Art" by Emmanuel Yujuico