The Second Annual IFC/FT Essay Competition was keenly contested receiving some 750 submissions from 90 countries. The winners were determined by our distinguished panel of judges after extensive screenings by our first and second level assessors.

Award level	Author	Title	Full Essay
Gold	Christian Seelos and Johanna Mair (bio)	Corporate Strategy and Market Creation in the Context of Deep Poverty	Download
Silver	Onno Schellekens, Marianne Lindner, Joep Lange, Jacques van der Gaag (bios)	A New Paradigm for Increased Access to Healthcare in Africa	Download
	Pamela Young, Emma Aller, Scott Richards (bios)	Solution for Hedging Foreign Exchange Risk in Microfinance Investment: The Case for a Private Sector-Philantrophic Community Partnership	Download
Bronze	Zlatina Loudjeva (bio)	Mystery of Tradition: Why Tradition and Capital May Work Well in Africa and not in the West	Download
	Kathryn McPhail (bio)	Sustainable Development in the Mining and Mineral Sector: The Case for Partnership at Local, National and Global Levels	Download
	Emmanuel Yujuico (bio)	All Modes Lead to Home: Assessing the State of the Remittance Art	Download

Curious about this year's jury panel? Please see Judges page.