Articles by Manuel Bueno
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Wednesday
October 14
2009Misconceptions on Low Income Housing Markets and Strategic Implications for BoP Business Models
According to our publication ?The Next 4 Billion? yearly expenditures on housing in the BoP market is about $331.8 billion.The unmet need for housing is often equated with the need for new housing. However, these segments usually build their houses incrementally, a room at a time. This has significant implications for BoP business models.
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Friday
August 21
2009Using Platforms to Gain Scale in BoP Markets (Part 3 of 3) – By Francisco Mej?a and Manuel Bueno
Achieving scale is essential for BoP firms to maximize social impact. In this third of a series of three, we explain in more detail the different characteristics of platforms belonging to mass consumer goods, construction and microfinance firms, and conclude the series.
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Thursday
August 20
2009Using Platforms to Gain Scale in BoP Markets (Part 2 of 3) – By Francisco Mej?a and Manuel Bueno
Achieving scale is essential for BoP firms to maximize social impact. In this second of a series of three, we explain in more detail the different characteristics of platforms belonging to conditional cash transfers, utilities and mobile phones.
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Wednesday
August 19
2009Using Platforms to Gain Scale in BoP Markets (Part 1of 3) – By Francisco Mej?a and Manuel Bueno
Achieving scale is essential for BoP firms to maximize social impact. In this first of a series of three, we explain how platforms offer two very useful characteristics for incoming firms with a pre-defined business model wishing to gain scale rapidly: accessibility and information about BoP customers.
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Friday
August 7
2009Chinese and Indian Growth in Latin America: New Business Opportunities
In 1980 the Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) economy was twice as large as that in China and India. By 2004, LAC was 20% smaller than China and India. Has this growth had a positive effect on LAC? What new business opportunities in LAC may be opened by this trend?
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Friday
July 31
2009CGAP?s Microfinance Photography Contest Now Open
CGAP is now accepting entries to their Microfinance Photography Contest. Deadline is on August 14th!
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Monday
June 29
2009Yes, Microfinance has Positive Effects on the Poor
Even though microfinance is estimated to have directly reached 100 million of the poor in 2008 there is still plenty of debate about whether it has a significant impact on their lives. A series of recent World Bank studies conclusively shows that microfinance has a positive economic and social impact on participants and non-participants.
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Thursday
June 18
2009PhD Thesis Takes the Pulse of Base of the Pyramid Businesses
Martin Klein, PhD from the Rotterdam School of Management, examines common postulates of what it means to work at the BoP level thanks to an extensive survey of 143 BoP firms working in 105 countries. He explains how some challenges may vary throughout the lifetime of a BoP business as well as the inherent tensions in managing BoP businesses.
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