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Notes on the State of the “Base de la Pir?mide” Movement in Spain and Latin America
I’ve been on the road for the last two weeks having conversations that allowed me to "take the pulse"of the base of the pyramid movement in Spain and Latin America. A few notes and afterthoughts follow...
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Bottom of the Pyramid Paradox: India’s Sweatshops
In the past 7 months, I have had the opportunity to visit several industrial parks in the two most industrialized and entrepreneurial states in India, namely Gujarat and Maharashtra. I would like to share some of my observations with you.
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The Dark Side of Remittance Economies
In Development and Base of the Pyramid circles, we often discuss remittance economies and innovative ways to send remittances home; what we don’t always think or talk about is what forces people to leave their home countries in the first place and what they experience when they go abroad.
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Social Business in Peru: Generating Financial Sustainability and Social Impact
As a Fulbright fellow researching inclusive business in Peru, I was excited when I received an invitation to attend a roundtable discussion on social business hosted by Ashoka in Lima. The evening kicked off with a brief introduction to Ashoka’s social business initiative by Natalia Toledo, director for the Andean region...
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Cornell Global Forum: No Green Without BoP
The audience at the 92nd Street Y sat and listened politely as a series of wingtip-shod introductory speakers took turns at the lectern. But when the cowboy boots hit the stage, the audience went nuts. Why? Those boots belong to Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States and now Chairman of Generation Investment Management.
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Incubating Clean Energy Technologies for the BoP
Yet, there I was, waiting in front of an office building on a deserted Mumbai street, when the cab pulled up to take me to ARTI (the Appropriate Rural Technology Institute), a registered scientific society established to develop and transfer innovative, sustainable technologies to rural people for income generation...
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Cornell Global Forum Kicks Off
This afternoon in New York, the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise at the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University convened its inaugural Global Forum on Sustainable Enterprise in New York City. One hundred practitioners will participate as delegates for two days of working sessions.
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