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This is the second post on CGD?s event ? check out yesterday?s post to read more. At the Eyes Beyond the Prize event yesterday several major themes emerged: how to keep the spirit of microfinance present as it grows and incorporates external forces like governments, investors, and...
Leaders in the Field Weigh in on the Future of Microfinance (II)Blog Post
Editor’s note: NextBillion staff writer Courtland Walker recently returned from a 10-day trip to Rwanda. Over the next week, he will post reflections on his trip as part of the Rwanda Journal series.? This is the second post in the series; read the first here. In reference to David’s...
Rwanda Journal: Dear Dave,Blog Post
Remember IPEG (International Private Enterprise Group)? We’ve written about it in the past, and have mentioned the nascent DC chapter as well. A quick reminder: the group aims to create an opportunity for professionals interested in the intersection between business and development to...
International Private Enterprise Group – DC – January MeetingBlog Post
An article in last Friday?s International Herald Tribune details the business strategy behind frenzied takeover bids for Indian mobile phone company Hutchinson-Essar by Vodafone, Reliance, Essar, and others.? Further into the article, writer Anand Giridharadas describes the BOP strategies of...
BOP Strategy in Action – Lessons from Hutchinson-EssarNews
Companies like General Motors, Unilever and Coca-Cola are pinning their future growth plans on Asia, where tens of millions of consumers are stepping over the threshold from poverty to the middle class. But to appeal to these low-income, highly price- conscious customers, many businesses are finding that they must learn to make money on drastically less expensive offerings. And as they reinvent themselves to suit the frugal shoppers of Asia, some wonder whether the strategies of Western corporat...
India’s vast market lures telecom giantsNews
STANDARD Chartered Bank has launched import and export financing for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The product has an international trade account and the SME express trade product, Herman Kasekende, the SME Banking general manager, said last week. He explained that the product was designed to make international trade cheaper, faster and convenient. Sh1m will be required to open this type of account. Kasekende added that the operators of the international a...
Stanchart Bank Unveils New ProductNews
The future of the SME business is very promising and ICICI Bank is ideally positioned to exploit the opportunity, Vijay Chandok, Senior General Manager (Small Enterprises Group), ICICI Bank, said here today. Many SMEs are in the investment mode to create capacities, quality processes and upgradation and modernisation of their facilities, he said, adding this constituted a huge opportunity in the segment for the country’s second largest commercial bank. &...
ICICI Bank betting big on SME businessNews
Businesses are not philanthropies. So doing business at the so-called bottom of the pyramid (BOP) requires new strategies and tactics that are generally not familiar to traditional businessmen. There is a real market at the BOP, and that market could evolve more quickly with the help of the business community. But to capture the interest of multinational corporations, they must see clearly how they can profit from this opportunity. The first step is being convinced that th...
The “Next Big Thing” for Global Business
