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Using Microfinance to Bring Safe Drinking Water to Rural India
Guest blogger Mallika Ahluwalia works for ACCESS Development Services, an Indian firm providing inclusive and innovative livelihood solutions enabling the poor to ovecome poverty and live with dignity. By Mallika AhluwaliaYakalakshmi lives in Nekkunda village, part of the Telengana region...
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For-Profit, Non-Profit or Both: The Funding Gap
When talking with people inside the “base of the pyramid” (BoP) community, I often hear strong opinions about how BoP ventures should be set up.? Some people strongly support registering these ventures as for-profit entities, while others maintain that BoP activities can start out as...
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Reminder: Piramal Prize – $25k for Healthcare Innovations
Back in December, we wrote about the new Piramal Prize for healthcare innovations.? Now, the deadline is just twelve days away...but there is still time to submit a winning entry.? See below for the details. ---------- Anand Shah, CEO of the Piramal Foundation and a NextBillion reader,...
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Continuing the Conversation on Scale: Strategic Alliances to Leverage Existing Capabilities
Moses’ last week post raised the very interesting discussion about the concept of scale in BoP business models. I enjoyed the read and, while I agree with his thoughts?about --and answer to-- the what is scale question, the article made me move on to one of my current research subjects,...
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Taking a BoP Venture to Scale, Part 1
"How are we going to scale this enterprise?” “What is our scaling strategy?” “What are the building blocks needed to take our concept to scale?” If you have ever sat in on a board meeting of an organization, either for a for-profit or non-profit, I am sure you...
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On Talent Building: Goldman Invests in Ten Thousand Women
Who better than two remarkable female leaders to quote?introducing Goldman Sachs’ recently launched 10,000 Women program?"Creating more female entrepreneurs in developing and emerging economies satisfies all the requirements of smart development: the benefits will multiply far...
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Technology Diffusion: A Unique and Unexplored Challenge
Soon after we explored the role of Technology in BoP success, Derek pointed me to an interesting article in The Economist: Technology in emerging economies. The article makes a distinction between technology adoption and technology diffusion -- and argues that emerging economies are better at...
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Ethics in the BoP Marketplace
I ran across this Fair and Lovely ad on YouTube recently. For those who don’t know, this product is a skin-lightening cream that was at the center of a debate last year over the value and impact of a BoP approach to poverty alleviation. The ad is in Hindi, but the message is clear:...
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