Articles by Manuel Bueno
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Monday
June 1
2009Understanding the BoP Community as a Social Movement
The blossoming of the BoP community as a social movement has empowered entrepreneurs and fertilized the ground for radical innovations in developing countries. To better understand the BoP social movement and to pinpoint the tasks still pending we should put it in perspective with other social movements which have also created or destroyed markets.
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Monday
April 6
2009Moving Beyond Case Studies: Randomized Experiments
As the BoP field becomes increasingly established, BoP entrepreneurs and organizations need to be seen as legitimate vehicles in the fight against poverty. If the BoP community wants to be perceived as a member of equal status in the development arena we need to go beyond case studies. The next level may involve using randomized experiments.
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Tuesday
March 24
2009Future Untapped Opportunities: Female Population Increase in Asia
Before the end of 2008 I explained in one of my posts how improving gender equality can reduce poverty and stimulate growth. Back then I was puzzled to see that barely any business development initiatives had tried to improve women’s status. In this post I would like to point out how this demand is set to increase in the next few years.
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Sunday
March 15
2009International Sustainability Photography Prize, Sponsored by Prix Pictet
Nine years ago two amazing books were published by the same author: Sebasti?o Salgado. Both were photography books, "Migrations" and "The Children: Refugees and Migrants". I have never known much about photography and probably will never do, but I still clearly remember how those images followed me for days.
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Tuesday
March 3
2009Who are the Microfinance Borrowers?
Some time ago, the winner for the CGAP Microfinance Photography Contest was announced. These photos are not only aesthetically pleasing, but also (and most importantly) they serve as a gentle reminder of why we, the practitioners, the researchers and the entrepreneurs, love what we do.
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Tuesday
February 10
2009Microfinance Reaches More Than 100 Million Poor as Clouds Gather in the Horizon
When Muhammad Yunus, Ingrid Munro and other microfinance pioneers, got together in the first Microfinance Summit in 1997, they adopted what for many was an impossible goal: to reach 100 million people living with less than $1 per day by 2005.? Although the deadline was missed, the 100m mark was reached in 2007, an incredible feat nonetheless.
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Friday
January 23
2009The Effects of Violence at the Base of the Pyramid
As it should be clear by now to our frequent and not so frequent readers, the BoP is potentially a huge market. Within this potential market there are different segments depending on who products are?directed to, which needs?they address, or what income and educational levels the target...
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Wednesday
December 24
2008Job: UNDP Growing Inclusive Markets Consultancy
Position: Research Associate / ConsultantLocation: Home based with two missions to New YorkTime frame: 1 January 2009 - 31 April 2009 Organization: Growing Inclusive Markets Initiative, United Nations Development Programme.? The UNDP Growing Inclusive Markets Initiative seeks to create...
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