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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...
Notes on the State of the “Base de la Pir?mide” Movement in Spain and Latin AmericaBlog Post
Rather than feeling exhausted after a 2 ? day conference on "The Great Convergence", I felt energized and enthusiastic about what appears to be a certain maturation or "coming of age" of this space. The idea that we cannot achieve inclusion of the BoP if we don’t consider how to do so with that environmental sustainability, and vice-versa...
Cornell Global Forum: BoP Inclusion Meets Environmental SustainabilityBlog Post
Recent reports provide examples of fruitful partnerships that lead to successful market-based approaches to fighting poverty. How did these partnerships get started? How does a corporation arrive in a BoP community and establish relationships with local actors? When will we move from advice to research and toolkits to establish partnerships?
How Do We Build the Inclusive Business Partnerships for the Future?News
Mexico tends to be in the news for all the wrong reasons: financial crisis, illegal immigration, drug-lords, and most recently as the apparent origin of the H1N1 virus. A recent visit there allowed me the privilege of seeing a very different side of Mexican life. It also stimulated reflection as to what lies ahead for India as it gets richer and urbanises further. Mexico’s population of 105 million makes it the second most populous nation in Latin America after Brazil. Its p...
Suman Bery: Mexican SurprisesBlog Post
Last night I had the pleasure of attending a book discussion for Portfolios of the Poor: How the World?s Poor Live on $2 a Day. The recently released book focuses on methodology and new ways of thinking about the bottom billion. They focused on roughly 300 urban and rural households...
Portfolios of the Poor: Financial Diaries of the Bottom BillionNews
GE Healthcare, the $17 billion health solutions business of General Electric Co, is acquiring a dual focus in India which is both similar to what it has for other emerging markets and also different. Like so many other MNCs, it is targeting emerging markets, of which India represents a major chunk, as a critical growth area. But India is also rapidly becoming a key geography where some of the innovative products to address the market at the bottom of the pyramid are being developed. ...
GE Healthcare Innovates in India for Bottom of the PyramidNews
A significant difference between those of us fortunate to be living above the poverty line and those unfortunate enough to be at the "bottom of the pyramid" is that the ’wealthy’ can afford to consume. Being a "useful" member of a consumer society requires the consumption of products and services not directly necessary to survival. The very poor do not generally have that choice. I never really appreciated that distinction until I began to understand what was so powerful about t...
Creating a Post-Crisis Economy: Why We Need Economic DashboardsNews
Max New York Life will now tap the rural and semi-urban markets across the country with its innovative and specially designed policy — Max Vijay, riding on the Peerless’ network. Peerless General Finance and Investment Company (PGFIL), on its part, will take in 30,000 fresh “smart advisors” in the present year to sell Max Vijay. Max New York Life will also help grooming these smart advisors. PGFIL, at present has 50,000 smart advisors across the country. ...
Max New York Life to Focus on Rural Areas
