Articles by Manuel Bueno
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Tuesday
September 23
2008World Bank Report: More Poverty, But Higher Poverty Line
Most estimates of the size of the BoP population sit between 3 and 4 billion people. The original population figure of 4 billion by CK Prahalad in his “Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid” has been criticized as an over estimation. It is true that, for scientific analysis, exactness...
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Monday
September 8
2008Beyond ?Basic Needs? Business Strategies
In my previous post about Anand Jaiswal?s article, Erik Simanis left a comment adding one more critique to the approach to BoP markets from a producer/consumer framework. In this critique he refers to ?Beyond Basic Needs Business Strategies?, an article he recently co-authored with Stuart...
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Tuesday
August 5
2008Defining a Base of the Pyramid Business
What defines a Base of the Pyramid (BoP) business? Here at NextBillion.net, our goal is to identify and discuss sustainable business models that address the needs of the BoP. We have had many debates about the size, total income and expenditure of this group. NextBillion is currently hosting...
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Friday
July 18
2008MIT Launches Next Billion Network for Innovative Mobile Technologies
Our regular NextBillion readers will already know that the MIT is one of the most important universities in the base of the pyramid arena. Some of their most important initiatives are the Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship, stimulating bottom-up entrepreneurship fueled by...
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Wednesday
July 9
2008A Dialogue on Philanthrocapitalism: Are BoP Businesses Useful Tools Against Poverty?
This is part 3 of our series reviewing Michael Edwards’ Just Another Emperor and the concept of ’philanthrocapitalism’. Follow the links to read part 1 and part 2.Recently, there has been some debate surrounding business involvement in philanthropy and its usefulness after the...
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Monday
June 30
2008How to Stimulate Innovation in India?
This is exactly the same question that was asked by the World Bank last year and I have recently had the chance to read their subsequent report ?Unleashing India?s Innovation?. All in all it was an interesting reading with a complete analysis of the main innovation levers in the...
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Monday
June 23
2008Remittances Gaining Relevance in BoP Development Efforts
Remittances - transfers of money from foreign workers to their home countries - have been a critical means of financial support for generations. These flows have generally been conducted away from formal markets. However, as more and more workers move abroad, the volume of remittances sent back...
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Saturday
June 14
2008The First Consolidation Wave of Mobile Phone Operators in Emerging Countries: The Battle for MTN
Many regular NextBillion.net visitors will have noticed that the News Section has been nearly monopolized of late by news about the takeover battle surrounding mobile operator MTN, followed by a lull in events. For those who have not had the time or patience to track this news, what follows is...
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