The EID Parry Story
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Video produced by Kuttayan Annamalai and Sachin Rao
Running Time: 4 minutes, 12 seconds

Like ITC (see the Video Case Studies page), EID Parry provides local entrepreneurs the technological backing to run Internet kiosks in rural villages. EID Parry has also created its own Internet portal, to support farmers with access to fertilizers and tools, education and crop disease diagnosis, and a direct market for their crops of rice and sugarcane. While the cases are similar, the EID Parry video focuses on the entrepreneur, and highlights how a single computer can change a whole village.

Innovations in Energy: E+Co's Investment in Tecnosol
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Video produced by George Weinmann and Scott Baron
Running Time: 4 minutes, 34 seconds

By providing growth capital to local entrepreneurs, E+Co helps deliver alternative energy solutions to people around the world. In Nicaragua, where nearly fifty percent of the population is "off the grid," E+Co's investment in solar energy provider Tecnosol means people can have refrigeration, lights, running water, and jobs. The Nicaraguan government welcomes this effort, as scarce financial resources have stymied efforts to completely build out the electric grid.

Citizen Centricity: E-Governance in Andhra Pradesh
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Video produced by Praveen Suthrum and Jeff Phillips
Running Time: 3 minutes, 30 seconds

Partnering with business to deliver government services electronically is fundamentally altering the relationship between government and citizens in Andhra Pradesh, the fifth-largest state in India. Government processes are more transparent; bribes paid to officials to facilitate transactions through a bureaucratic, paper-based system are eliminated. Citizens find it easy to pay bills and get answers, and easier to trust their government.