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BoP 101: A Review of “Must-Read” Literature for Those Interested in the Base of the Pyramid
Thanks to Francisco Noguera for his contribution to this post. Please note that the following should not be seen as an exhaustive compilation of everything that has been written about the base of the pyramid. I encourage NextBillion readers to comment and make suggestions to enrich this...
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Guest Post: Exploring the Food-Fuel Relationship in Rural Development
Guest blogger Peter Moers is economist and the regional coordinator for the Social Trade Organization in Central America. He has worked in several countries in Central America, West Africa and in The Netherlands in small enterprise, cooperative, rural and local economic development. He believes...
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Introducing Social Entrepreneurs from GSBI 2008: Meet Deepinder Mohan from Environment Planning Grou
This year, the Global Social Benefit Incubator at Santa Clara University piloted an approach to capture and diseminate systemic knowledge?about?community-scale water treatment and sanitation. Four of the?entrepreneurs this year?represented projects that address these challenges. Deepinder...
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NextBillion.net Welcomes Staff Writer Mark Beckford
The?NextBillion.net team is?proud to introduce its newest member: Staff Writer Mark Beckford. Mark is a veteran of corporate base of the pyramid strategies. He worked for Intel?from?1995 through 2008, where he?had a prominent role?shaping the company’s strategy in emerging markets....
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Guest Post: Niti Bhan from the Helsinki BoP Conference – Speaker Insights
Guest blogger Niti Bhan has been developing and implementing new market strategies for both the developed and developing world for almost two decades. An established author and speaker, her research interests include the challenge of designing effective business and transaction models intended...
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Guest Post: Niti Bhan from the Helsinki Bottom of the Pyramid Conference
Guest blogger Niti Bhan has been developing and implementing new market strategies for both the developed and developing world for almost two decades. An established author and speaker, her research interests include the challenge of designing effective business and transaction models intended...
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Events in NextBillion’s Community
In addition to the Social Capital Markets conference, there are a number of interesting events covering base of the pyramid-related topics happening in the coming weeks and months.? A quick overview: Sustainable Innovations at the Bottom of the Pyramid, September 26-27, Helsinki, Finland -...
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NextBillion at the Social Capital Markets Conference Next Month
Like Tony Bennett, I once left (a bit of) my heart in San Francisco.? That was in 2004, at Eradicating Poverty Through Profit, the first major conference to discuss market-based approaches to poverty alleviation ? the “bottom of the pyramid” idea.? Now, nearly four years later, I...
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