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Taking BoP Strategies To Scale Pt. 3: World-Class Healthcare for the World?s Poor
This post is the third in a five part series on a radical new approach to scaling BoP business models, what we call a transformative sector strategy. In this segment, I describe how this strategy could transform the health sector in emerging economies. Last Mile Health Care Delivery Talk...
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Announcement: New Ventures Call for SME Business Plans
Do you run a small-to-medium size enterprise operating in India, Indonesia, China, Brazil or Mexico? Does your company have an innovative business model that delivers strong environmental and social benefits? Are you seeking debt or equity capital in order to grow your business? If so, apply...
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Taking BoP Strategies To Scale Pt. 2: Connecting Rural Communities
This post is the second in a five part series on a radical new approach to scaling BoP business models, what we call a transformative sector strategy. In this segment, I tell the story of a rural connectivity pilot project; an example of this new model for development in action. A Last Mile...
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Taking Base of the Pyramid Strategies To Scale Pt.1: An Introduction to Transformative Sector Strate
This post is the first of a five part series on a radical new approach to scaling BoP business models, what we call a transformative sector strategy. In this segment, I introduce the conceptual framework for this innovative poverty-alleviation model. “It doesn’t exactly keep me up at...
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Video: Making the Case for Inclusive Business in Latin America
The WBCSD-SNV Alliance?recently?released a fantastic video introducing their?work in the promotion of inclusive?business models across Latin America.Besides profiling interesting models?that bridge the interests of?MNCs and the base of the pyramid, the video highlights the role...
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Event: Small Business Finance – What Works, What Doesn’t?
The debate around SME finance is rapidly maturing. Development professionals and socially-minded investors are well aware of the difficulty entrepreneurs in emerging economies have in securing capital larger than microloans. A World Bank conference to be held next Monday and Tuesday in...
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MNC to BoP: How Entrepreneurs Make The Link
We blog frequently on this site about the importance of large multi-nationals finding ways to tap into BoP markets. This often comes in the form of discussions on reaching the BoP directly as consumers (ie projects like the OLPC or microcredit initiatives). But what about small and medium...
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SMEs Are What’s Next
"What poor countries need most is not more microbusinesses. They need more small-to-medium-sized enterprises, the kind that are bigger than a fruit stand but smaller than a Fortune 1000 corporation.” These were the words of James Surowiecki last month in his New Yorker piece What...
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