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The Ghetto Tax
In a report published last month, Matt Fellowes of the centrist Brookings Institution documents a “ghetto tax” paid by lower-income consumers in the United States ? essentially, proof that poor people in underserved areas pay more for basic goods and services. Sound familiar? In...
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TV Hit Proves Sustainability Will “Win in China”
One of China’s most popular programs right now is a reality-show called “Win in China,” a sort of spin-off of the Apprentice model only with minimal shady dealings and fortunately no appearances by Donald Trump. The basic idea is that 108 aspiring entrepreneurs battle to sharpen...
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Cleaning Up The Streets
?Shit business is serious business,? explains Otunba Gadaffi, founder of DMT, a Nigerian based mobile toilet provider.? And he is right?poor sanitation is a major problem in this burgeoning nation of over 130 million, causing an array of preventable diseases like dysentery and cholera.?...
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The Best Foot Forward
Feet are important to discussions of the BOP hypothesis. I?m not talking about feet as in the unit of length, but rather as those awkward appendages connected to your legs. From a base of the pyramid vantage point, which is the best foot forward?I did some thinking about this, and decided...
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In India, Weathermen Are the New Priests
In the United States, faith, along with the rest of American culture, has been industrialized, and is now manufactured and sold in the mega-church, an odd cross between a sports stadium and a big box store. But thankfully, for those of us who can?t find salvation beneath blaring florescent...
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Craig’s List for Emerging Economies
Emeka Okafor from the blog, Timbuktu Chronicles, recently wrote about an extraordinary service in Bangladesh, which promises to provide significant benefits to the BOP.? GrameenPhone Ltd., Bangledesh?s largest cellular provider, has announced a partnership with MIT-based CellBazaar to...
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Doing Business in Brazil – It’s Like Waiting in Line at the DMV
If you were given the choice, what would you rather do: (1) Start a business in S?o Paulo, Brazil?s economic capital, or (2) Wait in a thirty day line at the Department of Motor Vehicles in Washington DC? Although number 2 sounds tempting, I would suspect that most everyone would opt to...
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Rising Ventures: Yunnan Zhenghong Brings Energy Solutions to Rural China
China has a huge impending energy problem.? While the US is by far the leader in GHG emissions worldwide, China - with its high growth and booming population - is quickly becoming the elephant in the room during discussions on global energy policy.? Issues of rising demand and...
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