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?How to do Business at the BoP? – Conference Wrap-Up
As Robert Katz posted last week, a BoP Conference entitled ?How to do Business at the BoP? was held on February the 27th in Madrid. The conference had pretty impressive speakers and visitors, since it was mainly directed at the corporate world. Robert was the first speaker of the day. He...
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Job: Vice-President – Sales, India at d.light design
Position: Vice-President, SalesLocation: IndiaOrganization: The goal of d.light design is simple ? to eradicate kerosene lanterns from the face of the earth. To do this it will become the market leader in delivering safe and affordable lighting solutions to over 1.6 billion people who...
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The Truth about Lapdesk, A South African FOPSE: An Interview with Dan Isenberg, HBS Professor
It has been increasingly clear to me that there is a large grain of truth to the not-so-old adage, ?If you want to get something done, give it to a busy person.? As I navigated the handful of near misses with Harvard Business School Professor Dan Isenberg, I realized that I had much to...
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The Cell Phone: Building a Global Community One Ring at a Time
The?article that appeared in The Washington Post last Sunday titled “Our Cells, Ourselves” talks extensively about the growth of cell phone technology. According to that article, we have on a global scale reached yet another tipping point. As Malcolm Gladwell might say, the cell...
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The Often Missing Component of a BoP Venture: Humility
"We must imagine a world which combines in equal measure economic development and eradication of poverty, ecological stewardship and social justice. We must harness the forces of globalization to create this outcome. We have to imagine this future. If we cannot imagine it, we cannot create...
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What About U.S.?
In the several days since the news that Yunus’ microfinance movement would be coming to the U.S., I’ve had some time to consider what this says about how we treat the BoP institutionally. To me, the fact that Yunus’ forays in NYC are seen as so newsworthy illustrates the “us...
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Exploring the Green-BoP Nexus Pt. 2: Businesses Bridging the Divide
Last week, I discussed the rift the Tata Nano has exposed between environmentalist and poverty-alleviation focused professionals, academics and activists - a car that at once represents aspirations of new material wealth for millions of BoP consumers and a potentially enormous source of new CO2...
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Financial Access for the BoP: Expanding Inclusion in India
Which banking models could be used to enable access to the BoP? A recent BCG publication, entitled “A Roadmap for Expanding Financial Inclusion in India,” tries to answer just that question for the Indian market.India has the second highest number of financially excluded households...
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