{"id":252,"date":"2024-05-16T13:12:23","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T17:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/events\/nardone-family-seminar-bridge-institutions-in-africa-i-jonathan-greenacre-i-northeastern-u\/"},"modified":"2024-07-11T10:08:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T14:08:21","slug":"nardone-family-seminar-bridge-institutions-in-africa-i-jonathan-greenacre-i-northeastern-u","status":"publish","type":"dmsb_event","link":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/events\/nardone-family-seminar-bridge-institutions-in-africa-i-jonathan-greenacre-i-northeastern-u\/","title":{"rendered":"Nardone Family Seminar: Bridge Institutions in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/Bio-headshots-520x520p.jpg\" alt=\"Jonathan Greenacre\" class=\"wp-image-253\" width=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/Bio-headshots-520x520p.jpg 520w, https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/Bio-headshots-520x520p-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/Bio-headshots-520x520p-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the Event<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bridge institutions aim to \u2018leapfrog' weak public goods involved in frontier communities. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/profile\/jonathan-greenacre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Professor Jonathan Greenacre<\/a> argued that firms are developing \u2018bridge institutions' to provide micro-solar energy, clean drinking water, and other services to remote communities in Africa. 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