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TN4B: Focus on Health
We’ve all heard of the dire situations: “Every x seconds, y children/women/people die of z disease around the world.” For many years, health crises--HIV/AIDs, malaria, diarrheal diseases, etc.--have been a prominent focal point for the efforts of the development community.?...
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Rising Ventures: (DESI) Power to the People
This week’s Rising Ventures feature is about a company that has begun piloting rural energy markets at a time when the market opportunities are becoming increasingly abundant, yet unrecognized by many in the private sector. DESI Power is a startup aiming to establish itself as a pioneer in...
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Protecting the Poor: Microinsurance Compendium
"Last year, global insurance giant American International Group Inc.opened a garage-size office in this dusty town of about 50,000. Coming up soon here: a policy that insures a cow for a $10 annual premium. “ This opening in WSJ article “Insurers Seek Growth in Developing...
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TN4B: World Water Day and the BOP Penalty
Our good friend Chris Monasterski over at the PSD Blog has used data from The Next 4 Billion to describe the market for BOP water on today, World Water Day.? Here’s what he’s got to say: The brand new report The Next 4 Billion: Market Size and Business Strategy at the Base of the...
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TN4B: How Mobile Phone Companies Have Cracked the BOP Code
It is still not widely appreciated that the rapid spread of mobile telephony, and the only slightly slower spread of Internet services, have over the past 6 years transformed the lives of more people at the BOP than all of the world?s development projects together. More than 1.5 billion...
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TN4B: Focus on Energy
What follows below is an excerpt from the Energy Chapter of the The Next 4 Billion report. The chapter contains two country specific case studies. The study below, on India, provides a comprehensive preview of much of the data and analysis available in the energy chapter. India’s energy...
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Behind the Scenes at “The Next 4 Billion” Yesterday
The launch of our The Next 4 Billion: Market Size and Business Strategy at the Base of the Pyramid report yesterday triggered a number of thoughts and conversations about how forces are starting to align in support of market-based approaches to alleviating poverty. First, the standing room only...
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Initial News and Other TN4B Stories
Today’s The Next 4 Billion book launch event at the International Finance Corporation was a success by any measure.? There was a full house to hear C.K. Prahalad, Nariman Behravesh, Michael Klein, and Jonathan Lash.? Books ran out (if you were there and didn’t get a copy, let us...
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